{"id":442,"date":"2013-07-18T12:30:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T17:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/us-passport-renewal-for-the-holidays\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:37:44","slug":"us-passport-renewal-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/us-passport-renewal-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"US Passport Renewal for the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left;margin:5px;font-size:80%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"us passport online\" src=\"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/52465_us_passport_online_7437816752_58b8a3d1de_m.jpg\" width=\"160\"\/><br \/> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/79139277@N08\/7437816752\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">james_gordon_losangeles<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re planning to spend Christmas in jolly old England, scope out Germany&#8217;s festive holiday markets or you just want to get away from it all and go somewhere warm, if you&#8217;re leaving the country for the holidays you need a valid passport.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you have a passport already, you should take it out of its safe storage space now and check the expiration date. 10 years is a long time, but it can go by much faster than you&#8217;d think!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If your passport is nearing its expiration date, you may need to apply for a US passport renewal before you can travel. Keep in mind, some countries won&#8217;t let you in if your passport expires within the next 6 months, even though it may technically still be valid.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, much like Christmas shopping, applying for your US passport renewal is not a chore that you should leave until the last minute. In fact, it takes about 6 weeks for you to get your passport if you apply for normal processing time. Expediting your passport processing is possible, but it will cost you an additional $  60 and it will still take 3 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you need your passport sooner than that, here are two ways to get it in time to save Christmas: make an appointment at the closest <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" onclick=\"_gaq.push([\" href=\"http:\/\/ezinemark.com\/goto.php?url=http:\/\/travel.state.gov\/passport\/npic\/agencies\/agencies_913.html\">regional passport agency office<\/a> or use a private passport expediting company. To find the nearest passport agency office and make an appointment, call 1-877-487-2778. Look online to find an expediting company, remembering to research carefully before making a purchase. An expeditor is often the most convenient of the two choices simply because you don&#8217;t have to make an appointment or spend time and money traveling to a passport agency location. <\/p>\n<p>Either way, you can often get your <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" onclick=\"_gaq.push([\" href=\"http:\/\/ezinemark.com\/goto.php?url=http:\/\/www.rushmypassport.com\/us-passport-renewal.html\">US passport renewal<\/a> processed within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Alison Kroulek is a freelance writer and blogger with a focus on the travel industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by james_gordon_losangeles Whether you&#8217;re planning to spend Christmas in jolly old England, scope out Germany&#8217;s festive holiday markets or you just want to get away from it all and go somewhere warm, if you&#8217;re leaving the country for the holidays you need a valid passport. \u00a0 If you have a passport already, you should take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[807,1130,709,114,155,164],"class_list":["post-442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-call","tag-holidays","tag-often","tag-passport","tag-renewal","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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