/tags/us-passport US passport en-US WLRN Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:34:59 GMT /news/npr-breaking-news/2022-04-11/u-s-citizens-can-now-choose-the-gender-x-on-their-passport-applications The change took effect on Monday, with passport application forms on the government's website reflecting the third gender option in addition to "F" and "M" and making the document more inclusive. Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:34:59 GMT /news/npr-breaking-news/2022-04-11/u-s-citizens-can-now-choose-the-gender-x-on-their-passport-applications Joe Hernandez /2021-12-16/you-may-soon-be-able-to-renew-your-passport-online-instead-of-sending-in-documents A new executive order from President Biden is designed to streamline the process for things like contacting the IRS, enrolling in Social Security online and, yes, renewing your passport. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:53:53 GMT /2021-12-16/you-may-soon-be-able-to-renew-your-passport-online-instead-of-sending-in-documents Deepa Shivaram /2021-10-27/the-u-s-issues-the-first-passport-with-a-nonbinary-gender-x-option After a lawsuit, the Biden administration promised this year that it would make the documents more inclusive for people who identify as nonbinary, intersex or gender-nonconforming. Wed, 27 Oct 2021 19:58:40 GMT /2021-10-27/the-u-s-issues-the-first-passport-with-a-nonbinary-gender-x-option Joe Hernandez /news/2021-06-30/the-u-s-will-add-a-third-gender-option-on-passports With the changes, "we don't have to lie to get our passports. We can just be ourselves," said Dana Zzyym, an intersex person who has fought for more gender options on U.S. passports. Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:01:11 GMT /news/2021-06-30/the-u-s-will-add-a-third-gender-option-on-passports Laurel Wamsley /news/2017-04-24/miami-passport-office-shut-down-until-further-notice Getting a U.S. passport for many residents of the Southeast just became a tougher task with the closing of the U.S. State Department’s Miami Passport… Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:01:41 GMT /news/2017-04-24/miami-passport-office-shut-down-until-further-notice David J. Neal