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Proposed Rule2026-17655

Passports: Expanding Online Passport Renewal Overseas

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Published
August 28, 2026

Issuing agencies

State Department

Abstract

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.

Indexed from Federal Register on August 28, 2026.

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