It's time to renew my passport.  The process, if you meet certain qualifications and can renew thru the mail, is that you fill out the paperwork, send it, your payment and your current passport to be renewed.  It then takes 4-6 weeks to get the new passport.  In those 4-6 weeks, you're without your passport.  What if you need it during that time?  I don't anticipate that happening, but I'm sure there are people that would have a problem being without their passport for that length of time.  Doesn't seem to be the best way to go about this renewal.