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Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma unveiled at the Skift Global Forum Tuesday that the State Department plans to roll out its online passport renewal option on September 18.

Meghna Maharishi

The U.S. State Department’s online passport renewal program will go live September 18, according to Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma.

“We think in the not too distant future, nearly 50% of passport renewals will be done online,” Verma said at the Skift Global Forum in New York Tuesday. 

Verma said the process will be a “digitized application,” but cautioned that it wouldn’t necessarily be faster than renewing a passport in-person. 

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