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If you read my colleague Sean Hollister\u2019s positive experience renewing his US passport online<\/a> through a beta website from the State Department \u2014 without needing to ship his old passport \u2014 I have good news for you: that experience is now available for everyone. You can access it right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cInstead of printing a paper application and mailing it with a check, Americans can now renew their passports through a secure process that will save time and effort,\u201d Secretary of State Antony Blinken writes in an announcement<\/a> about the program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Right now, the renewal website is showing a six- to eight-week estimate for processing times, and the State Department notes that mailing times aren\u2019t included in that estimate. That all means you may not get your renewed passport back in just a single week, like Sean did. (You\u2019ll also have to meet certain requirements<\/a> to be able to renew your passport online.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n However, Blinken notes that the average routine passport is being processed at \u201cwell under\u201d the advertised window, so if you do renew your passport through this website, you might still see a relatively quick turnaround.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n