A nationwide outage affecting U.S. passport verification, which could affect DMV hours or services, has been restored.

The U.S. Passport Verification Service allows DMVs to verify data against the Department of Homeland Security's system.

The Illinois Secretary of State is warning Illinois residents Wednesday morning that U.S. passport verification services are unavailable due to a “nationwide ...

U.S. passport verification at Illinois facilities is unavailable due to a nationwide outage, state officials announced Wednesday.

A nationwide outage impacted the ability to process passports. The issue has since been resolved, according to officials.