Whoever applies for a new passport still has to put up with longer waiting times than used to be the case. This was the result of an inquiry to several local authorities in Saxony. Although there is no legally guaranteed duration for the issuing of a passport, the processing time has increased significantly, the city of Leipzig announced. "We can confirm a current delivery time of around six weeks."
The city of Chemnitz reported a processing time of eight to nine weeks. The state capital of Dresden stated that production times vary. Normally, the delivery time was between two and four weeks. However, according to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, an unusually large number of passports were applied for this spring and summer. This has led to a backlog at Bundesdruckerei.
