Hundreds of people have been forced to wait for hours in long queues at passport offices as holidaymakers rush to get their papers in time.
Queues outside Liverpool passport office show the wait lots of people will face as processing times for a new passport can now take up to 10 weeks - compared to three weeks pre-pandemic.
According to the HM Passport Office, the government has seen an unprecedented demand in applications for passports with more than five million people delayed applying for a new passport during the pandemic, the Liverpool Echo reports.
