Originally Posted by sullim4

I gave the online renewal a whirl - I got my Nexus renewal fully approved last week so I figured it was time to get the passport renewed since it's got 9 months left. I was impressed with how easy this was; we have a plain white door in our garage that made taking the picture very easy to take care of. At the very least, I figured it saved me paying for trackable postage and the drive over to the post office.

I will be curious to see how long this takes. It seems like electronic renewal is either very quick, or it gets stuck somewhere for a couple of months. I'm in no particular rush as we do not have any imminent international travel, but that's exactly why I wanted to do it now rather than wait.