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Travelers also have to meet a slew of eligibility requirements in order to renew online. Prostock-studio / Shutterstock.com
The State Department has opened a beta version of a new online system for U.S. passport renewal, which could simplify an onerous process that most Americans have been doing by mail. Don’t get too excited: The cost of renewing a passport — $130 — isn’t changing, and the online renewal option will only be available to a limited number of people each day. The plan is to monitor how the system is…