Need a passport? You can now get one faster

(The Hill) -- U.S. passport processing time has been reduced by two weeks at most, the State Department announced Thursday.

The Bureau of Consular Affairs said wait times for both online and paper applications have been reduced to four to six weeks, which is down from the previous processing time of six to eight weeks.

Expedited processing times still remain at two to three weeks, the announcement reads.

Last month, the department made passport renewal fully available online.