Our passports expire in May so the plan was to mail in the renewal forms about now. A while back someone posted a link suggesting that on-line renewals will be available in the future. I ran a pretty extensive check today and found no reference to on-line renewal being currently available. So it looks like the standard mail-in. BUT -- thought I would ask if anyone has had any recent experience with on-line renewal? Just in case I missed it somewhere. This is probably our last renewal.
Posted by
The Heartland USA
9022 posts
Frank, I remember that thread. At the time, I was curious and looked into it, but the best I could figure out was that you could fill out the renewal application online, but still had to print it out, sign, and mail it in. Of course the old passport and new photos would have to be mailed as well. Maybe someone knows different.
Posted by
Southern Oregon
630 posts
It was just as Stan described for my renewal recently and it was much sooner than the website stated. I think it was about 3 weeks. Pleasantly surprised!
Posted by
Edmonds, WA 🌨 ☂
11948 posts
While researching after seeing this post came across the news that there was a $20 bump in the fees effective at the end of December.
This what you recall about the 'online renewal'?
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/americans-will-soon-be-able-to-renew-passports-online
Biden tasked the bureaucracy with finding a way to do it. 6-12 months to devise a method?
Posted by
OP
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23642 posts
I could download the forms but could not fill them out on-line. Of course, how do you attach your photo. Downloading saved a trip to the post office. We had the photos done professionally -- talk about a mug shot. We actually had to sign a form acknowledging that we knew the pictures would be ugly. They are.
The fee is up to $160.
Posted by
near San Francisco
5471 posts
The president signed an executive order in December to update the customer experience of federal systems. Passport renewal is among the key improvements.
"The Secretary of State shall design and deliver a new online passport renewal experience that does not require any physical documents to be mailed."
Posted by
OP
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23642 posts
Guess I am too early. Stick to pen and paper. Thanks for the new information.