US passport renewal can now be done online
The U.S. is making passport renewal fully available online, the State Department announced Wednesday, getting rid of the need to print application forms and send a check through the mail.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the online passport renewal system “a significant step forward in ensuring that Americans can more easily access passport services.”
“The Department of State is making our new online passport renewal system fully available to the public today, a significant step forward in ensuring that Americans can more easily access passport services,” he said.
Blinken said the online renewal services would allow for passports to be distributed “in roughly one-third the time as at the same point last summer, and well under the advertised six to eight weeks processing times.”
Still, the State Department’s website for online passport renewal recommends not having travel plans within eight weeks when renewing a passport, to allow for processing time.
There are other rules to qualify for online-passport renewal, including that you are over the age of 25 and that the passport renewed falls within a certain time frame.
Online payment is through debit or credit card, and a digital photo is required to be uploaded. Only those who live in the United States, either a state or a territory, qualify for using the service online.
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