U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs

U.S. Passports

NAPHSIS Congressional Briefing

“Vital Records: Vital for a Reason!”

United States Capitol Visitor CenterRoom South

Monday, July 22, 2013, 12 p.m.

Passport Services •28 Domestic Passport Facilities

o22 serve the public directlyo1 supports U.S. government travelo3 mega-adjudication centerso2 document print centers

• 29th Facility to open in San Juan, PR (Winter 2014)

• 9,000+ Passport Application Acceptance Facilitieso Domestic Passport Acceptance Facilities (Post Offices, Clerks of

Court, Libraries, etc)o Military Acceptance Facilities Worldwide o Federal Acceptance Facilities

• 3,500 employeeso Governmento Contractors (Support processing and customer service functions)

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Seattle

San FranciscoDenver

Los Angeles

San Diego Tucson

El Paso

Minneapolis

Houston

Dallas

Arkansas

New Orleans

Atlanta

Charleston

Miami

Washington and Special Issuance

New York

ConnecticutBuffalo

Chicago

Detroit

Honolulu

Boston

VermontNational Passport

Philadelphia

Agency

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Print Center

Adjudication Center

Passport Facilities

San Juan

Winter 2014

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2,000,000

4,000,000

6,000,000

8,000,000

10,000,000

12,000,000

14,000,000

16,000,000

18,000,000

20,000,000

U.S. Passports Issued by Fiscal Year

*Fiscal year runs from October through September

Projected Applications

13M

14.5M14M

15.5M

16M

*Fiscal year runs from October through September

Projected

*Fiscal year runs from October through September

Projected

*Fiscal year runs from October through September

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Projected Cards

Projected Books

Cards Issued

Books Issued

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Saturation Map PENDING from PPS

•Passport saturation map (by zip code) The mentioned that she would like to see a map of showing where passports are issued. If I recall correctly there is a 2011 map. I am not sure if there is a 2012 map available. I understand that it’s not so easy to come up with a current map.  Please let us know what you can provide.

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U.S. State

Saturation of Valid Passports, By State(As of 4/1/2013)

EVVE – Critical to the U.S. Passport Process EVVE is critical to our efforts to improve the

passport adjudication network

49 of 57 entities supply birth data to EVVE 27 of 57 provide death data

More than 70 percent of first time of passport applicants submit a birth certificate as proof of US citizenship

Verified more than 12,000 birth records in last year

Instrumental in identifying 24 instances of felony fraud