Originally Posted by
LAX_Esq
Good to know. I know kids passports are only good for 5 years, but figured you could renew by mail after the first time -- seems awful to keep going in, especially if you have multiple kids and the expiration dates are all staggered!
The kid has to be present, right? I'm not sure what a 1 yr old baby's presence is going to accomplish...
We have multiple kids and ours are only staggered by their births (but we synced them up after others were born) and their actual issue date - which is only 1-3 weeks off.
We just make one appointment - my wife signs the forms and has them notarized at work - I take the kids in - get pictures - show my ID and give them the forms from my wife (1 per kid) and we do everything at once - they do the money orders (one per application) and I make one payment to the USPS.
We typically do it the week after Christmas and all my kids passports expire mid Feb roughly
No more for me - the last one turns 16 before her passport expires
I am also retired military, so we all renew our ID cards for dependents the same day (2 birds one stone thing)