Low Passport Ownership: Potential Application Bottleneck?

A quick addendum to my post on the 29 Jan about the new international travel document requirements. After a bit of research, I was surprised to find out how few U.S. citizens are passport holders. Only 27% have a passport, compared to 40% of Canadians, 64% of U.K. residents, and 90% (!) of German citizens. That tells me one thing: there likely will be a large influx of passport requests over the next few months, as people realize they need that official document for travel to and from North and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda. Lets just hope the Passport Services Office is up to the task…….