Passport Renewal: Get It Done Online

Last summer I had to drop down the idea of accompanying my cousins in their overseas tour only because I could not get my passport renewed in the right time. Even though passport renewal does not take as much time as new passports, yet it involves few steps for getting it done, which if not performed properly would lead the rejection of the application form for the renewal. So, readers, if you have plans for undertaking overseas tours, then pick the right process for getting your work done.

Even you can get your passports renewed over the Internet, by mail, or personally at a government passport office. Passports require renewal as they expire with passage of time and to leave the country, everyone would need a current, valid version of their passports.

Getting passport renewal through mail has set requirements that must be followed. The mail option is only available to people who are residing in the United States or Canada. Citizens who are living abroad are needed to follow different guidelines for renewing their passports. While applying for a passport renewal, you must be careful about two things one is that your passport should remain undamaged to be renewed and the second thing is that your original passport should be of 10 years old or more than that from the date it was issued to you.

But the application for the renewal should be done within 15 years from the date of your original passport otherwise you may be required to get a full new passport for yourself, which could cost you far more the renewal fees which is sixty dollars including the mailing cost.

You can also try getting your passport renewal online, if you are residing within the territories of the United States. But if you are at abroad for some reason or other, then you must go to the U.S. consulate in that country for renewing your passport. For security reasons, the passports so renewed can only be mailed to foreign embassies. The DS-82 application form is the primary requirement for getting your passports renewed. All information in the form should be true. You may be charged with heavy penalties if you give any wrong information in the application form.