If you read my colleague Sean Hollister's positive experience renewing his U.S. passport online through a State Department beta website, without needing to send in his old passport, I have good news for you: that experience is now available to everyone. You can access it right here.
“Instead of printing out a paper application and mailing it in with a check, Americans can now renew their passports through a secure process that will save time and effort,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken writes. In an advertisement About the program.
Right now, the renewal website shows an estimate of six to eight weeks for processing times, and the State Department notes that shipping times are not included in that estimate. All of that means you may not receive your renewed passport in just a week, as Sean did. (You'll also have to meet the requirements for certain requirements (to be able to renew your passport online.)
However, Blinken notes that the average routine passport is processed “well below” the advertised timeframe, so if you renew your passport through this website, you may still see a relatively quick turnaround.
