{"id":1141,"date":"2014-03-03T12:30:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T17:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/latest-us-passports-news-3\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:24:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:24:38","slug":"latest-us-passports-news-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/latest-us-passports-news-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Us Passports News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Not enough booklets, long wait for <b>passports<\/b><\/strong><br \/>\nIn a letter issued to all Regional Passport Offices on Thursday, the MEA assured a &quot;considerable&quot; improvement in the stock of blank passport booklets and asked each of the offices to indent the supply to clear pendency. Anil Kumar Sobti, director of &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/Not-enough-booklets-long-wait-for-passports\/articleshow\/30808097.cms\">Times of India<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Couple also &#39;fined&#39; in Mozambique<\/strong><br \/>\nLast week, the Daily News reported the harrowing ordeal of the Stone family, of Kloof, who refused to pay R9 000 after it was discovered that only one of their five passports had been stamped on entering Mozambique. 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