Renewing your passport online doesn't mean that you'll receive it any sooner than usual, though. The State Department is ...

The government shutdown, which began on Oct. 1, 2025, has impacted many federal services, but passport processing hasn't been affected—yet.

FILE - The cover of a U.S. Passport is displayed in Tigard, Ore., Dec. 11, 2021. Americans can now renew their passports online, bypassing a cumbersome mail-in paper application process that often ...

Passport applications and renewals continue during a government shutdown, as the State Department keeps services running.

Online passport renewal has officially become more widely available to Americans. That comes after the State Department said Wednesday that it completed the full roll-out of the new online passport ...

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Some Americans now have the option to renew their passports online after the State Department rolled out an updated version of the system earlier in the week. The system has a number of requirements ...