Now, return to the MyTravelGov web site, and enter your login info. On the following web page, kind into the field the time-sensitive, single-use code despatched to your electronic mail. Then, choose three safety questions and supply corresponding solutions to complete the preliminary sign-in course of.

Now you wait. (Remember this step for later!)

There is a bit labeled Welcome to MyTravelGov on the homepage the place you will notice the choice to use for a consular report of delivery overseas. This is just not the shape you need to fill out, however this part is the place the blue Renew Passport button ought to seem after your account is absolutely registered.

The website’s FAQ estimates as much as a four-hour delay between account creation and registration completion. It took about an hour and a half earlier than the renewal possibility appeared for me. Try once more in a few hours if an error message seems whenever you initially click on on the renewal button.

After clicking Renew Passport, faucet the button within the prime proper nook that reads Start New Application. Look by means of the next pages to verify your eligibility and evaluation the disclaimers. Before shifting on to the following step, go forward and find the bodily copy of your expired passport.

Enter the requested info out of your passport. If you have got a passport card along with your passport booklet, fill out the data from each. People who’re eligible will probably be requested to share extra info on their journey plans, choose a sort of passport, verify their private info, and add the suitable selfie. Depending on whenever you attempt to renew on-line, it’s attainable that you will have to attend till extra slots open up the next month.

You can save the applying for later as soon as you start, though you’re required to finish the whole submission in underneath a month. Need extra time? Just begin a brand new software.

How Much Does It Cost?

The charges for on-line renewal are much like what you’ll pay at a bodily location. A passport ebook prices $130, and a passport card prices $30. Note that for those who solely have one type of passport, and you prefer to the opposite sort, then you’re required to buy each. For instance, you probably have an expired ebook and would identical to to obtain a card, that isn’t attainable on-line. You can both buy the ebook or purchase each varieties for $160.

How Long Will It Take to Arrive?

Now for the largest wait of all of them. The web site reads: “Our processing times are a range.”

From the day you apply, it might be round two weeks earlier than the submission is lively within the system. After that, the passport may arrive seven to 10 weeks later. You could also be given the choice to pay an additional $60 for a faster consequence, which may doubtlessly reduce the wait time down a few weeks.

While there’s a technique to see the status of mail applications on-line, it doesn’t presently work for digital renewals. With that in thoughts, you may count on 4 electronic mail updates to land in your inbox informing you when the applying is obtained, in course of, authorized, and shipped. Make positive to double-check these spam folders.

Even although it’s not an satisfying expertise, the earlier you cease procrastinating and renew your passport the higher.