If you love to travel to different events, it is crucial that you apply for a passport right now. We first warned many of our visitors about the new passport law last year and how it would effect everyone as there would be a huge upsurge of people applying. We actually recommend using a online 3rd party source to secure your passport for a few reasons 1.) You can actually track the application status of your passport with a number given to you when you apply. 2.) We find that online processing is much faster then going to apply at a government facility. Make sure you pay the additional cost for the fastest service possible 3.) There are no long lines if you apply online. (if you apply at a land based passport agency be prepared to wait in lines for 5-12 hours) 4.) Online passport agencies will not only hand deliver your application to the proper processing departments but they will actually jump in front of other applicants who apply doing it the traditional way.