Originally Posted by SusanDK

Is it permitted to submit a routine passport renewal application to an embassy if not living in the foreign country? When I lived in Denmark (for 30 years), I just mailed my renewal application to the embassy in Copenhagen and got the new passport back in the post in about 3-5 days. It was brilliant and I didn't even need to make a trip to the embassy. The most difficult part of the whole process was getting a correctly sized photo, since the US passport photos are different sized than Danish passports.

But if I no longer live there, could I have submitted a renewal application using my in-law's Danish address? Obviously, I would have had to do this when my current passport was still more than six months from expiration in order to get into Denmark. I assumed that the passport services via the embassy were for citizens living abroad and/or emergency situations, not to process a routine renewal.