(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. passports can now be renewed online.

Instead of submitting paperwork via snail mail, travelers can access a passport renewal website: www.Travel.State.Gov/renewonline.

The service is available for adults whose passports have expired within the past five years or will expire in the next twelve months. The online service cannot be used for children’s passports or first-time applicants.

According to a statement from the U.S. State Department, has streamlined a previously lengthy process. “Thanks to increased staffing, technological advancements, and a host of other improvements,” they said, “the average routine passport is being processed today in roughly one-third the time as at the same point last summer, and well under the advertised six to eight weeks processing times.”