New year, new passport: U.S. searches for passport renewals more than double in first full week of January

U.S. search interest in passport renewal more than doubled in the first two weeks of 2026. Specifically, from Christmas week ...
Wall Street Journal

Renewing Your Expired Passport Is About to Get Easier

U.S. travelers can now renew their expired passports online. The State Department on Wednesday launched a new online program that will allow adult Americans to renew 10-year passports that have ...
Yahoo

Have an expired or soon to be out-of-date U.S. passport? There’s a new way to renew it

More U.S. citizens can now renew passports fully online thanks to a move by the State Department to reduce government red tape. The new service, rolled out Sept. 18, permits Americans to pay, upload a ...
AOL

How to Renew Your Expired Passport

A passport is an incredibly important asset for any individual—it allows you to travel internationally and can come in handy as a second form of ID should you ever misplace your driver's license.
Ars Technica

Anyone here renewed a 5-year+ expired passport lately?

Main question: when applying for a new passport and the old one is over 5 years expired, does one still have to send in the old passport temporarily, i.e. lose possession of it until they return it?
WFTV

Here's how your passport could be useless, even if it's not expired

Your passport may not be expired, but it could be invalid — here’s how If you’re traveling out of the country but your passport is set to expire before you’re scheduled to return to the States — or ...