requirements, price, how often you have to renew it and how to make an appointment

We are going to explain everything you need to know to renew your passport. Because just like your DNI, your passport has an expiration date, and when it expires you will have to renew it to travel outside the European Union.

We are going to start this article by telling you what the renewal process is like and how often you have to renew your passport. Then, we will tell you the requirements you must meet and what you must bring, including the price of the renewal. And we will finish by telling you how to make an appointment.

How to renew your passport

You are going to renew your passport at the National Policein the same offices where DNIs are made and renewed. You will have to go in person, bring what we will tell you later in the minimum requirements, and the renewal will be carried out there.

You can renew your passport 180 days before it expiresso you have your back covered in case you are planning a trip. And if you lose your passport, then you will have to make an appointment to issue a new one.

How often do you have to renew your passport?

How often you should renew your passport depends on your age. These are the age ranges and how often you have to renew it depending on them:

• If you are under 5 years old: The passport is renewed every 2 years.
• If you are under 30 years old: The passport is renewed every 5 years.
• From 30 years old: The passport is renewed every 10 years.

In any case, in your passport You will be informed of the expiration date in addition to the issuance date, so that with just a glance you can know the exact day on which you are going to have to renew it.

Requirements to renew your passport

To renew your passport you have to comply with a series of requirements. These are documents that you must present and payments to make. You must have all this and take it to the police station to have your passport renewed.

• Valid ID: You will have to present it to identify it.
• Recent photography: A recent passport-type photograph, with a size of 32×26 millimeters. It must be in color, with a uniform white background, and taken from the front. Your face must be seen clearly, without wearing glasses and without hair covering your face. This will only not be necessary if you renew your ID on the same day.
• Current passport: If you are going to request the renewal or a duplicate of a passport that is still valid and that you have not lost, you must present it as well.
• Pay fee: Renewing the passport costs 30 euros. This is the same price for the first shipment, but also for renewals, losses or deterioration. It will only be free if you belong to a large family. You can pay the fees at the shipping office or on the website when making an appointment.

How to make an appointment for renewal

To renew your passport, you will have to make an appointment at the National Police. You can do this by calling 060 or through the web portal citapreviadnie.es. In it, you have to choose how you want to accessit could be with you electronic ID and a reader or adding your ID data by hand.

The easiest thing is to choose to enter with the option Access with DNI/NIE data. In this case you will go to a screen where you must write the document number, shipping equipment and other information. To the right of the website you will have a section where you can see where each of the data is located.

Now you will enter a web page where you can choose the procedure for which you want to make an appointment. In this case, within the section Renewal choose the option Passport.

Now, you will go to a screen where you can choose your autonomous community on a map, and when you do you will have to choose where you want to carry out the renewal. Once you choose this, you will go to a screen where you can choose the month, day and time where you want to request your appointment.

When you do, you will only have to pay the subscription if you want, something for which you will need to have installed Self-signature. Remember that if you do not want to make the payment, you can do it directly at the police office.

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