Renewing a US Passport

Take your passport picture get an application from the post office, fill it out, send it in with your current passport and the correct fee and wait.
The option if you need it sooner is to go to a passport office and wait in line.

donn0128 wrote:
Take your passport picture get an application from the post office, fill it out, send it in with your current passport and the correct fee and wait.
The option if you need it sooner is to go to a passport office and wait in line.

Exactly, we did ours that way, and they were back in a month.

Go to your Post Office. That is the best place to get this info. Sometimes they even have a special section of the facility dedicated for this government service.

If you have their phone number,give them a call first. They will tell you what you need to have before you show up. They usually require two latest photos and your expired passport if available.

The last time I had mine renewed it cost me around 75.00 USD. It's good for ten years. You pay extra if you need a faster processing say one or two weeks.

Depending on where you live it might take about 30 days to arrive.

Thanks for the information, I'm off to the post office.

Paul

We did ours on-line. Filled out the paperwork and mailed them the old passports and new photos along with check for payment. They sent back new and old passports.

1995Brave, what online service did you use?

1995brave wrote:
We did ours on-line. Filled out the paperwork and mailed them the old passports and new photos along with check for payment. They sent back new and old passports.

^^THIS^^Easiest and fastest way ..be aware not all post offices handle this and you still need an aproved photo ..easy to get at Walgreens etc.

Paul127 wrote:
1995Brave, what online service did you use?

Download the forms from the govt site print fill out and send in .. no online "service"
The instructions are on the fed site just google renew passport and use the . Gov site that come up.
Govt site

Fill out form ds82 after printing

I've never used the post office for my new or renewal of passport since US passport offices are available in my area. Sorry but I figure if the P.O. can lose my mail yes well whatever, LOL.

You may have the additional option of using a passport office in your area as well:

http://www.passportoffices.us/Oregon/OR.html

HTH

One thing to remember is that when renewing, you send your current passport in, don't plan to cross borders until you get it returned.