Are you wondering when you should renew your passport? There are a lot of factors involved in figuring out the best time for your passport renewal. It’s not just all about when your passport expires! There are other reasons that you may need to renew your passport, and yes, there are times of the year that are better or worse for passport renewals!The Best Time of Year to Renew Your Passport
It’s always possible to get fast service for your passport renewal – especially if you use a passport expediting service – but the US Passport Agency does experience surge times every year when they get large volumes of passport requests. The highest numbers of passport services are requested every year in early spring and again in late spring/early summer, as tourists prepare for spring break and summer vacations. Fewer applications are sent in during the fall and winter, so if that timing works out for you, you may want to plan to renew your passport during one of the chillier months of the year!
The State Department is also urging travelers whose passports will expire soon to renew early. There was a huge boom in passport issuance in 2007. More than 6 million more passports were issued in 2007 than in 2006! All of the adult passports issued in 2007 will expire in 2017, so the State Department expects to be very busy next year with passport renewals. If you renew now, you’ll beat that rush.
