Check your passport expiration date. It may not be accepted if it's close to expiring. Here's how to renew your passport by mail or online. A U.S. passport counts as a Real ID, which takes effect May ...

Americans can now renew their passports online, bypassing a cumbersome mail-in paper application process that often caused delays. The State Department announced Wednesday that its online renewal ...

If you watched the original The A-Team action-adventure television series in the 1980s or in reruns, one line from that show probably stuck in your memory: "I love it when a plan comes together." I ...

Included among the TSA guidelines for acceptable forms of identification at the airport is a surprising loophole: “TSA currently accepts expired ID up to two years after expiration.” An expired ...

Even though a new Real ID is now required to fly domestically in the US, if you're planning to travel outside the country this summer, you better make sure your passport is up to date well ahead of ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department is allowing Americans to reenter the country with expired passports through the end of the year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. "If you are overseas and your ...

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