Passport expired while outside the US
My passport expired in early May of this year. My mother and I have lived down in Baja for about four years now so she can write her books. We make trips up to the states but not so many. I actively check my passport expiration date. I got it issued May 2009, and I was 11 at the time. Now I'm 17. Do I require a birth certificate or just my old passport to get it renewed at the consulate?
Best Answer
Per http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/renew.html:
From Outside the United States:
- U.S. citizens residing abroad (except those living in Canada) should renew their passports at the nearest U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate. For more information on Applying for a U.S. passport from outside the United States, please click here.
- U.S. citizens residing in Canada may submit Form DS-82: Application for U.S. Passport by Mail to the address listed on the form.
- Passports renewed by mail in the United States may only be mailed to United States and Canadian addresses.
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Can I travel back to the US if my passport is expired?
Answer: According to the U.S. Department of State, all American citizens must possess a valid passport in order to exit and re-enter the United States. Trying to return to the U.S. with an expired passport may result in being denied entrance.Can you stay abroad with expired passport?
The short answer is \u201cno,\u201d at least not if you're traveling out of the country. An expired passport is simply not acceptable for international travel. If your passport is expired or is expiring within the next 6 months, you need to renew your passport.Can You Travel With An Expired Passport?
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Answer 2
Yes, you need to bring your birth certificate to the consulate.
Also, check the regulations specific to Mexico. For me, the required process was:
Mail the passport, original birth certificate, and application form to the embassy using a specific courier.
- No flexibility on this. The embassy was serving many walk-ins by sending them to a counter inside the embassy, where they had the privilege of mailing the materials to the same embassy. The courier was the same and, I assume, the fees.
- Wait for e-mail confirmation of the application.
- Go to the embassy in person. Solemnly swear that you are whom you claim to be.
- They mail your old passport and application to Washington. It gets mailed back together with the new one.
- The new passport is mailed to you using the same courier.
Sounds pretty straightforward, but can be a slow process. Getting to step 2 took a month for my friend. In between steps 3 and 4, they lost my application and passport, but did not tell me so. After a month, I got suspicious and visited again, which is an all-day trip. After an hour of investigation, they found my materials inside a desk drawer. They did not even apologize. In the meantime my visa expired and I accrued penalties. Be ready for a little aggravation.
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