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This story has been updated.

The pandemic threw a wrench in the well-oiled machine of U.S. passport services. When offices were closed, in-person appointments were impossible and employees were figuring out how to work in the new normal, millions of passport applications got backlogged.

Fast forward a few years, and we’re not quite back to the 2019 norm, but we’re nearly there. Wait times are down and you can take your own photos (if you follow directions with military precision).

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