Passports: Expanding Online Passport Renewal Overseas
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- What it does
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 State Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What it would change
1 part of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1400-AF97 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
The Department of State will accept comments until October 27, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-17655 |
|---|---|
| Action | Proposed rule. |
| Agencies | State Department |
| Published | Aug. 28, 2026 |
| Comments close | Oct. 27, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 1400-AF97 |
| Docket | DOS-2026-0925 |
| Significant (marked in the Federal Register) | Yes |
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