{"id":12052,"date":"2024-06-14T05:11:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T05:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/?p=12052"},"modified":"2024-06-14T05:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T05:11:25","slug":"us-launches-online-passport-renewal-program-in-beta-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/us-launches-online-passport-renewal-program-in-beta-details\/","title":{"rendered":"US Launches Online Passport Renewal Program in Beta: Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever planned an international trip only to realize that your passport was expired, you know the agony of getting it renewed in person.<\/p>\n<p>But now there&#8217;s good news. On Wednesday, the U.S. State Department launched a beta program that offers U.S. citizens the option to renew their passports online.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/rich-americans-getting-secondary-passports-in-record-numbers\/472549\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Rich Americans Getting Secondary Passports in Record Numbers<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The goal of online passport renewal is to save Americans time and effort, making it more convenient to renew their U.S. passports,&#8221; a senior State Department official told <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/state-department-launches-beta-program-online-passport-renewal\/story?id=111058678\"><i>ABC News<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The government will begin allowing a small number of people to apply to the online portal each day with plans to slowly ramp up the daily number as the system works itself out.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone is eligible to apply, however.<\/p>\n<p>To try the system, hopeful applicants must be at least 25 years old and have a U.S. passport issued between 2009 and 2015. The passport must also have been valid for at least 10 years. Applicants also can&#8217;t have any international travel planned for at least eight weeks from when their application is submitted.<\/p>\n<p>Expedited online service will not be available.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/teen-booted-from-flight-over-1-centimeter-tear-in-passport\/467921\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Teen Booted From Flight Over 1-Centimeter Tear in Passport<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The beta program is expected to run during the &#8220;coming months&#8221; with no specific timeline. State officials noted that once a new application is submitted, the person&#8217;s current passport will be deemed invalid.<\/p>\n<p>As the system currently stands, the average <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/passports.html?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwsaqzBhDdARIsAK2gqne7hQUJxL92B_Vi03xvGAeszRtcbSZ5A3oOKDbddQT5YXoLBsS6IJkaAqfGEALw_wcB\">wait time to<\/a> renew a U.S. passport is between six and eight weeks, or two to three weeks for those paying extra for expedited service.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/us-launches-online-passport-renewal-program-in-beta-details\/475635\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever planned an international trip only to realize that your passport was expired, you know the agony of getting it renewed in person. But now there&#8217;s good news. On Wednesday, the U.S. State Department launched a beta program that offers U.S. citizens the option to renew their passports online. Related: Rich Americans Getting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/content\/3x2\/2000\/1718311098-GettyImages-1239925496.jpg?format=pjeg&auto=webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12054,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12052\/revisions\/12054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}