You can easily renew your passport by following the instructions below. However, it is important that you apply early. How early?<p align="left"></p>Many foreign countries require your passport to have at least six month's validity remaining before they will issue a visa. Add to this the time required to process your passport and you get a total of eight or nine months.<p align="left"></p>You should apply for a passport renewal if:<ul><li>Already have a passport that is not damaged; and </li><li>Received it within the past 15 years; and </li><li>Were at least age 16 when it was issued; and </li><li>Still have the same name as in passport (or you can legally document your name change).</li></ul>To apply for a passport renewal, you need to send in the following items by mail.<p align="left"></p>1. Completed Application For Passport By Mail , form DS-82.<p align="left"></p>The form can be downloaded at the U.S. Department of State web site or the sites of many travel agencies and travel document expediters.<p align="left"></p>When filling out the form, check everything twice. Be sure to sign the application.<p align="left"></p>2. Your most recent passport.<p align="left"></p>There is no need to cut out the pages filled with visa stamps, you present passport will be returned to you along with the renewed one.<p align="left"></p>3. Two identical passport photos.<p align="left"></p>The two photos must be 2 x 2 inches, identical, taken within the last 6 months. The photos must show a full face, front view with a plain white or off-white background.<p align="left"></p>You should dress in normal street attire. Uniforms, except for religious retire that is worn daily, hats, headgear and dark glasses are not acceptable. Prescription glasses with clear lenses are.<p align="left"></p>4. Applicable fee.<p align="left"></p>The fee to renew your passport is $67. Payments should be made out to U.S. Department of State.<p align="left"></p>If your name has changed, include a certified copy of the legal document specifying your name change (e.g. marriage certificate, divorce decreee, adoption cdreee, or court order).<p align="left"></p>Gather all the appropriate documents and place them in a padded envelope. Send it to the address below:<p align="left"></p>National Passport CenterP.O. Box 371971Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7971<p align="left"></p>If everything goes well, your application should be processed and your renewed passport sent to you within about 6 weeks.
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