Explanation – Two years after Covid-19, requests for identity papers have exploded, along with deadlines. Even if it means missing a few trips this summer.
Anthony, a professor of physics and chemistry at a Parisian college, wanted to gift his 8-month-old baby to his family this summer. Martinique. To get her passport, she applied for a date in February, found a slot for May, and planned to leave in July. But the passport never arrived, and after first deciding to postpone his trip for a few hundred euros, the Forties resigned themselves to giving him up. Family vacation. Like Anthony, this summer, many French people will give up go abroadDue to lack of timely passport.
For good reason, every week, 115,000 new passport applications are filed, a 30% increase compared to 2019. Anne-Gaëlle Baudouin, director of the National Agency for Security Documents (ANTS), said that after the lockdown and the approach of the holidays, prefectures and town halls are facing a surge of requests. But…
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