US No Longer Issuing Passports <br />Except for Emergencies The U.S. has stopped issuing <br />new passports unless it is a <br />"life-or-death emergency." In a statement on its website, <br />the State Department asked <br />Americans to avoid international travel <br />due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergencies that permit travel <br />include serious illnesses, injuries or <br />deaths in the immediate family. Applicants must require travel <br />outside of the U.S. within three days. They will also have to submit <br />"proof of the life-or-death emergency such as a death <br />certificate, a statement from a mortuary or a signed <br />letter from a hospital or medical professional." The move is one of the latest by the government in <br />an effort to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
