[Rainger99]

I am renewing my passport online. Anyone done it lately? About how long did it take?

And why would anyone order the 32-page (standard) passport instead of the 52-page (large) passport? They are both the same price.

Finally, a passport is for ten years but you can’t use it for travel after 9.5 years because many countries require that you have a valid passport with six months remaining.

So you have to renew it about 8-9 months before it expires. The new passport should run from the date the old one expires - not from the date it is issued.

The State Department recommends renewing it nine months before it expires.

[Kelevision]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

I am renewing my passport online. Anyone done it lately? About how long did it take?

And why would anyone order the 32-page (standard) passport instead of the 52-page (large) passport? They are both the same price.

Finally, a passport is for ten years but you can’t use it for travel after 9.5 years because many countries require that you have a valid passport with six months remaining.

So you have to renew it about 8-9 months before it expires. The new passport should run from the date the old one expires - not from the date it is issued.

The State Department recommends renewing it nine months before it expires.

I don’t remember how long mine took. A quick google search tells me people regret getting the 52 page if they don’t need it as it’s bulky to carry and they wish they could switch to the 32 because they’ll never need the pages since most countries are moving to digital entry/exit systems and aren’t stamping them anymore. As for the renewal length? that’s well above my pay grade. Lol

[thelegges]

I renew my moms online, the 32 is all that was needed. 4 weeks 3 days start to finish. Didn’t pay attention to the end date, this will be last renewal. So different than renewing for the past 40 years. We traveled, but stayed in country for weeks, so less stamps.

[ElDiabloJoe]

We renewed Mrs. EDJ's a few months ago. It was easy peasy, and received the new one within 2 weeks. We even submitted a new photo we took here in the house with her iPhone.

Beware: There are a few "third-party" services that will process an online renewal for your passport, but then charge over twice as much as the passport renewal fee for their services. These are to be avoided. I recommend using the official government site:
Renew my Passport Online

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

We renewed Mrs. EDJ's a few months ago. It was easy peasy, and received the new one within 2 weeks. We even submitted a new photo we took here in the house with her iPhone.

Beware: There are a few "third-party" services that will process an online renewal for your passport, but then charge over twice as much as the passport renewal fee for their services. These are to be avoided. I recommend using the official government site:
Renew my Passport Online

I'm looking forward to trying the online service but the last I checked the passport expiration date needed to be less than a year away. I enter that window in November.

[bilcon]

Very easy. Fill out the renewal form, choose expedited service, pay the extra for quicker postal service, put it in a mailer at the post office and you should get it in about 2 weeks. I just renewed mine.

[npwalters]

We did it online and used "regular" processing. W had to take a new photo since they now want more of the torso in the pic but that was easy with a Iphone. Took less than 3 weeks.

[jimhoward]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

I'm looking forward to trying the online service but the last I checked the passport expiration date needed to be less than a year away. I enter that window in November.

Are you sure about that? I renewed one that was less than a year old.

My reason for renewing early is that I went on a year long world cruise and wanted the big book to be sure of not running out of pages. I also wanted a passport card, since it is a handy form of ID even if only valid for travel in Canada and the Caribbean. I'm not sure one actually needs a reason to renew early however.

[dtennent]

Having the bigger book is worth it. I can still put both of our passports in my shirt pocket. While some countries have moved to electronic visas, etc., most have not done so. We have plenty of pages stamped in our passport and still have many years to go before we renew.

[Berwin]

I was going to mention that you could get extra pages for your passport but looking it up before posting (I know), I see that the US stopped doing that in 2016.

[Cuervo]

I did and like a previous poster I do not remember, what I do remember it took at least a few weeks, but then I was in no rush.
But there is information online on how to expedite the process in case you have some upcoming travel.

[HJBeck]

Took us 6 weeks, before DOGE cutbacks, so not sure what current timeline is. We had to send old one back with new application , so it made no sense to do it online forever us.

[westernrider75]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

I am renewing my passport online. Anyone done it lately? About how long did it take?

And why would anyone order the 32-page (standard) passport instead of the 52-page (large) passport? They are both the same price.

Finally, a passport is for ten years but you can’t use it for travel after 9.5 years because many countries require that you have a valid passport with six months remaining.

So you have to renew it about 8-9 months before it expires. The new passport should run from the date the old one expires - not from the date it is issued.

The State Department recommends renewing it nine months before it expires.

I did mine in person not online, took about 3 weeks to come back. I got the smaller one, why would I need a big bulky thing?

[CoachKandSportsguy]

There is also the passport card, so going to Canada, bermuda, etc is much easier without the traditional paper passport.

Adapting is hard as we grow older, the changes are much faster than in the past. . try looking at the positive side of technological improvements and try to keep up. .

[seecapecod]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

I am renewing my passport online. Anyone done it lately? About how long did it take?

And why would anyone order the 32-page (standard) passport instead of the 52-page (large) passport? They are both the same price.

Finally, a passport is for ten years but you can’t use it for travel after 9.5 years because many countries require that you have a valid passport with six months remaining.

So you have to renew it about 8-9 months before it expires. The new passport should run from the date the old one expires - not from the date it is issued.

The State Department recommends renewing it nine months before it expires.

I renewed mine and my husbands when the new process was in Beta testing- his arrived in 4 days mine in 6, but that was before the capability was released to everyone