renewing passport: submit by mail or to passport acceptance facility?

[Anonymous]

Is there any advantage to submitting a passport renewal application to a passport acceptance facility (like a post office or library) instead of by mail? I am applying for expedited service for travel in March, just in case, given the lengthy delays. Will submitting at a passport acceptance facility speed things up in any way? Or will they just be putting it in the mail too? The passport acceptance facility charges a $35 fee, so if there is no advantage, I might as well mail it, right?

[Anonymous]

If you are renewing a currently valid adult passport that isn't lost/stolen, and aren't doing the emergency processing, you have to renew by mail. It's in the instructions on the web page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are renewing a currently valid adult passport that isn't lost/stolen, and aren't doing the emergency processing, you have to renew by mail. It's in the instructions on the web page

This. I had to take mine in person, but that was because it wouldn't scan because I'd spilled beer on it in Munich...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are renewing a currently valid adult passport that isn't lost/stolen, and aren't doing the emergency processing, you have to renew by mail. It's in the instructions on the web page

Correct. You don’t have a choice. For kids, you must go in person, however.