John Hancock's new Gen-AI powered underwriting tool may cut down preliminary processing times from one day to just 15 minutes.

Late planners in the United States hoping to travel abroad have a little more breathing room than they once did. The State Department announced Thursday that the typical processing time for US ...

U.S. passport books and cards hit an all-time record high with more than 24 million issued over the last 12 months, the State Department announced Monday. With the post-pandemic rush of applications ...

Standard passport processing times are currently 4-6 weeks, not including mailing time. Expedited service costs an extra $60 and takes 2-3 weeks for processing. The busiest application period is late ...

Last week we posted a simple equation to explain the basic factors influencing application response time. Because it is pared down to show only the most influential factors and not all the factors ...

JACKSON, Wyo. (KIFI) – The U.S. Department of State (USDS) released an alert Friday morning stating passport processing times have increased. The USDS recently said, “We are approaching what is ...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the state must take steps to address chronic delays in processing Alaskans’ applications for food assistance, after repeated application backlogs. U.S. District ...