Expired US passports can be used to travel to the US through June 30, 2022 [updated]
Due to the pandemic, the US has revised course to allow US citizens to fly back to the US from abroad on expired US passports that meet certain requirements.
Originally Posted by State.gov
U.S. citizens currently overseas whose passports expired on or after January 1, 2020, may be able to use their expired U.S. passport for direct return travel to the United States until December 31, 2021. Certain criteria apply, and we encourage U.S. citizens to confirm their eligibility for traveling on an expired passport at COVID-19 Traveler Information prior to finalizing travel arrangements.
Full-duration passports -- 10 year validity for adult passports or 5 year validity for children passports -- which expired/expire in 2020 or 2021 can -- by State policy -- be used to fly back to the US for the remainder of this year, assuming you get a cooperative airline/agent to allow it:
https://www.state.gov/return-travel-...u-s-passports/
Update to share the same content after a site page change:
https://www.state.gov/return-travel-...u-s-passports/
NYT on this:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/t...passports.html
Last edited by GUWonder; May 27, 2021 at 4:48 pm