It was a wet start to the week for the dozens of people waiting outside a passport office on Monday morning. The queues were so long that people brought camping chairs - clearly in anticipation of being there for hours.
It happened in Liverpool, where the office is situated in Old Hall Street, and queues stretched along the road. People sheltered under umbrellas a the rain came down, reports the LiverpoolECHO.
Longer waits than usual for passports have been a problem in recent weeks, with a post-Covid rush for people to renew or get new ones, coupled with staffing issues. Although applications can be done online or at a Post Office, for those in urgent need a face-to-face appointment at an office is the only options.
