Americans Will Soon Be Able to Renew Passports Online
Those difficult-to-get appointments will soon be a thing of the past.
BY RACHEL CHANG
The process of renewing a U.S. passport is frustratingly complicated—there’s currently an eight- to 11-week processing time, and you have to pull together tons of forms and possibly snag an in-person appointment to make it happen. But on Monday, President Joe Biden announced the introduction of online passport renewals.
As part of Biden’s executive order on transforming federal customer experience and service delivery to rebuild trust in government, the Secretary of State will be tasked with creating a new online renewal system “that does not require any physical documents to be mailed.”
“Finally, another onerous process has been propelled into the 21st century,” says NerdWallet’s Sara Rathner. “It’s a burden to take time out of your work day. Many people don’t have printers at home. It’s scary to mail in your passport, marriage certificate, and other documents and hope you’ll get them back. This is a serious win for both travelers and the travel industry.”
Posted from Conde Nast Traveler
