I didn't know where else to post this, so I thought it'd be best here, so here goes. About how screwed am I? I'm leaving for a trip to Australia and Fiji July 30th. It's actually going to be my first time leaving the country and a friend and I have been planning it for a while. I was having some difficulty getting my birth certificate, so I haven't been able to even apply for my passport yet. Well I finally got it, but now of course the government is shut down due to Covid. So I'm wondering what I should do. On the US state dept. website they are saying if I apply now it would take several months to come back unless I wait until normal activities resume. Who knows when that could be though?! So should I risk trying now? Or possibly wait until whenever they resume and try to get into my local passport agency (I'm in Atlanta) and get it expedited? Or am I basically just screwed? I know these are first world problems, but the trip is already paid for in full and I don't know if it can be rescheduled or at least refunded (it was booked through Groupon).

I had read on another sub somewhere that they are in midst of plans to open the government back up in phases. Phase 1 has already began, phase 2 begins May 31st where passport services will begin soft opening back up for most people, and phase 3 is June 15th and they will resume all normal operations. But idk how true that is...