Passports: Expanding Online Passport Renewal Overseas

The record

Publisher

Federal Register

Agency

State Department

Source

Federal Register

Kind

Federal Register: proposed rule

Jurisdiction

United States

Topics

Other

Importance

Headline, the top of three tiers Kresmion sets by fixed rules from the source's own fields

Published (source time)

2026-08-28 (the source gives a date only)

First seen on Kresmion

2026-10-26 18:24 UTC

The original

• PDF (Federal Register)

Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov). U.S. government work, public domain.

The publisher's summary

The Department proposes to amend 22 CFR 51.21 by consolidating requirements for persons applying by mail and online in the United States and overseas. This proposed change includes expanding online passport application availability to qualified applicants located in foreign countries. In addition, the Department is proposing to remove the requirement that an applicant's most recently issued passport must have a year or less of remaining validity to qualify to submit an online passport application. Finally, the Department is proposing technical corrections to 51.8(b) to change "on-line" to read "online" for consistency.

The publisher's words, as published.

Federal Register document

Document number

2026-17655

Document type

Proposed Rule

Significant

Yes

Status

Published