How to renew US passport?

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Anonymous wrote:You can renew adult passports online now.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/have-passport/renew-online.html

And no, you can not renew an adult passport in person unless it has been stolen/lost/expired more than 5 years. They want to reduce the flow of people at passport acceptance offices, so "basic" adult renewals can only be done by mail or online.

The one exception to this is if you need to renew your passport under emergency circumstances and you schedule a last minute/emergency appointment at the special State Department offices. But under regular circumstances, you can only renew and adult passport online or by mail.

I discovered at the last minute that my passport, which was still valid, had too little time on it for Europe.

So, that counted as an emergency.

I went on the Web on a Monday, booked an appointment on a Thursday morning (because of work considerations; could have booked an earlier slot), picked up the passport Friday afternoon, and flew out Sunday.

I went in to the application review and pickup appointments early. I got in early for both appointments and was out before the official start time for both.

The only negative was that the rule against bringing food in is super strict and I had to give a couple of packages of cookies away to passersby. But, if you live in Washington or another city with a good passport office, getting a passport through the emergency process is a great way to go.