美國在台協會美國公民服務異動緊急通知：護照、海外領事出生證明及公證服務

因採取公共衛生措施以防止新冠肺炎病毒的散播，自2020年03月20日起，美國國務院開始限縮護照申請業務。自04月02日起，國務院更進一步縮減海外普通護照及公民服務。

AIT建議您考慮暫緩護照申請，無論是郵寄或親自臨櫃的方式，待國務院恢復正常營運時再辦理。 儘管AIT 會持續處理數量有限的普通護照申請件，但預計作業速度將會嚴重延遲。目前亦無法預估恢復正常作業的時間。請注意，您護照的有效期限並不影響您申請美國公民緊急服務的資格。

AIT將持續受理海外領事出生證明 (CRBA) 的申請，但預計作業速度將會嚴重延遲。

需要申請緊急護照的美國公民，請以電郵聯絡AIT: TaipeiACS@state.gov。

AIT亦將會縮減公證服務的預約名額。若非緊急需要，建議您等到我們恢復正常營運後再來辦理文件公證。

AIT 無法提供任何已被核准的申請案件的處理時間或進度查詢，請您考慮暫緩申請新護照，直到我們恢復正常營運時再辦理。若您已申請換發護照或其他公民服務但尚未收到護照或文件，收到的時間可能會嚴重延遲。

我們鼓勵您至 https://www.ait.org.tw/u-s-citizen-services/ 查詢更多資訊，並線上註冊Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) 以獲取新冠肺炎及美國公民服務的最新消息。

請上 travel.state.gov 瞭解有關新冠肺炎病毒如何影響全球美國公民服務營運的最新消息。

Changes to American Institute in Taiwan American Citizen Services: Passport, Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA), and Notarial Services

Because of public health measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, effective March 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of State began to limit passport operations. Effective April 2, the Department further limited its ability to offer routine passport and citizenship services abroad.
AIT urges you to consider waiting to apply for your passports, through mail or in-person, until the Department has resumed normal operations. While AIT will continue to process a limited number of routine passport applications, we expect significant delivery delays. At this time, we are unable to estimate when normal operations will resume. Please note that the validity of your U.S. passport does not affect your eligibility for U.S. citizen emergency services.

AIT will continue to schedule Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) appointments. However, we expect significant delivery delays.

For emergency passport services for U.S. citizens, please contact AIT at TaipeiACS@state.gov.

AIT will also reduce routine notarial services. If your need for a notarial service is not urgent, we encourage you to wait to apply until we resume routine operations.

AIT cannot provide updates or estimate processing times for previously approved applications. Please consider delaying new passport applications and update requests until we resume normal operations. If you previously applied for a passport or citizenship service but have yet to receive your documents, you should expect significant delays.

We encourage you to visit https://www.ait.org.tw/u-s-citizen-services/ for more information and enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive the latest COVID-19 and U.S. Citizen Services updates.
For up-to-date information on how COVID-19 is affecting American Citizen Services operations worldwide, please visit travel.state.gov.