You've booked your flight and accommodation, bought the sun cream and checked the temperature at your destination - all you're waiting for is your new passport.
Sound familiar? With record numbers of people putting off renewing their passport during the pandemic, delays at the Passport Office are threatening to derail holidays for many families. In an ordinary year, passport renewals or applications take around three weeks, longer in the run up to summer, but this year, the Passport Office is currently advising you allow up to 10 weeks.
More than five million people put off applying for passports during the Covid-19 pandemic due to restrictions to international travel, according to the Passport Office, which is anticipating 9.5 million passport applications will be made this year.
