The Acceptance Agent will conduct a document authorization procedure. This depends on the service you have chosen. If you have decided to apply through a routine passport service via the post office, the processing time can be weeks depending on the volume of applications.
There is an increase in passport application submissions during peak travel times and that may cause additional delays when applying through the post office. This peak travel time is usually when the holiday season approaches and people plan for vacations.
If you need your passport faster than this you have to expedite your application process. If an expedited passport agency service such as 24 Hour Passport and Visas has been used, the processing time is under 2 weeks and in some cases, it can be expedited within 24 hours.
An additional fee is charged in order to speed up the processing of your application. Check 24 Hour Passport and Visas pricing here. Below lists the passport fees for each service that the US Department of State and the Acceptance facility will charge. To know the price for expedited passport services, click here. Step 1: Complete DS application form For this application process, you will be required to complete a DS passport application form.
Step 3: Getting the U. Child Passport requirement documents authorized. The child has to sign the passport upon receiving. However, if the child is too young to sign, a parent or a legal guardian is permitted to sign the passport.
Along with this, you will also be required to state your relationship to the child in parenthesis next to the signature. From airport: It is Head east, following signs for Century Blvd. Take the i N ramp to Sacramento.
Follow signs for La Cienega Blvd and merge. Turn right on Beverly Blvd, pass by Taco Bell and our office is on the right. From downtown: It is Take exit 7A from I W.
Union Station till Union Station. From there take bus no. From downtown: Take bus no. Take bus no. Our office is located 3 minutes away from there. From downtown: It is 1. Turn right onto McAllister St. Turn right onto Franklin St. Turn right onto Pacific Avenue..
We temporarily disabled the online appointment booking system to ensure our very limited appointments go to applicants who need them for urgent travel. You will need wait to speak to a customer service representative to book an appointment. Learn more to see if you qualify for an appointment. Renew By Mail: Adults with year passports can renew them by mail instead of appearing in person.
We cannot continue processing your application until you respond to this letter. Learn more on our Respond to a Letter or Email page. If you need to apply in person, we recommend you apply at an acceptance facility. Children under age 16, all first-time applicants, and applicants who have lost their passport or had their passport stolen must apply in-person. These locations include post offices, clerks of court, libraries, and local government offices.
Contact your local acceptance facility to confirm it is open before you apply. Some locations may require appointments to enable social distancing. If you want to apply at a post office, you will need to make an appointment on the USPS. We encourage you to apply by mail when possible because it is a safe, contactless option for certain services.
There is no need to be physically present at an acceptance facility, passport agency, or passport center for any of the following services:. Learn if you are eligible to apply by mail. Get started. You can only make an appointment by calling us. You cannot walk-in. You cannot transfer your appointment to another customer. When you call to make an appointment, we will provide unique confirmation information that our staff will verify on the day on your appointment.
Life-or-Death Emergency Service : We are prioritizing customers who are traveling internationally in the next 72 hours or 3 business days due to a qualified life-or-death emergency. If you need this service, you can call us 24 hours a day, seven days a week. What number you call depends on the day of the week and time of day. Learn more on our Life-or-Death Emergency page.
Urgent Travel Service : Some agencies and centers are also offering limited appointments for customers who have urgent international travel in the next 72 hours or 3 business days for reasons other than a life-or-death emergency. You may schedule an appointment if you are traveling within 2 weeks or need a foreign visa within 4 weeks; however, the appointment cannot occur more than 3 business days before your date of travel, or 10 business days if you require a visa.
Our appointment line for Urgent Travel Service is closed on weekends and federal holidays. Preparing for your Appointment : Collect all of your application materials before you arrive for your appointment. Bring the information you got in the confirmation email from the National Passport Information Center when you scheduled your appointment.
Use our online form filler to fill out your form and print it before you arrive for your appointment. You can also print a PDF of your form and complete it by hand in black ink before you arrive. Both of these options reduce the amount of time you spend in our lobby on the day of your appointment.
Arriving to your Appointment : We have fewer chairs and more signage in our waiting rooms to enable social distancing. We require appointments, and we currently do not offer walk-in services. You cannot transfer your appointment to another person. While public health guidance has changed during the pandemic as more U.
Follow the signs posted in the building, which will display the most up-to-date mask and face covering requirements. At 10 p. ET on Wednesday, July 21, we temporarily disabled the online booking system for Urgent Travel Appointments to ensure our very limited appointments go to applicants who need them for urgent travel.
You must call us if you want to schedule a new appointment or change your existing appointment. This change only impacts appointments at the U. Department of State's 26 passport agencies and centers. This change does not impact the appointment booking process at passport acceptance facilities which include post offices, libraries, and other local government offices.
We are making this change to address the problem of third parties booking appointments online using automated programs, or bots, and then selling these appointments to customers with urgent travel needs. We are not affiliated with any third-party appointment booking services, and we do not charge a fee to make an appointment. Third parties booked all available appointments within minutes of the appointments being posted online which prevented many of you from making urgent appointments, and made it difficult to determine whether your appointment was legitimate or fraudulent.
If you need to cancel your appointment, simply forward the appointment confirmation e-mail that you received from the National Passport Information Center to NPIC state. Do not include any questions, status update requests, or requests to change or reschedule your appointment with your e-mail as these inquiries will not be answered.
You can find annual passport statistics on our Reports and Statistics page. If you applied and have not received your passport, you may call the National Passport Information Center at and receive instructions on how request to expedite your passport.
We will collect your credit card account information and send your request to upgrade your application to a passport agency. Your credit card will be charged on the date the passport agency processes your request. In some cases, you may not be charged, but all upgrades will be addressed in the order they are received.
We will work to send your passport to you before your travel date. Please note our expedited service commitment is to process your application within 35 business days from the date we receive your application at a passport agency or from the date you request an upgrade from routine to expedited service.
Check the status of your passport online. While we are no longer referring to the phases of reopening because changes in phases no longer impact the services you will receive, all agencies and centers are processing applications.
Not all agencies and centers are offering the same level of in-person service. Visit our Passport Agency and Center page to learn more about the type of in-person services available at each agency and center, and how to make an appointment if you have urgent travel. Please note the number of appointments available may vary from week to week.
We continue to work to reduce processing times for both routine and expedited service, while protecting the health and safety of our staff and customers.
We will re-evaluate the processing times on a rolling basis and will adjust them downward as resources allow. We cannot refund any other passport fees or your travel expenses if you missed your trip. You can learn more about how to request a refund of the expedited passport fee on our Refunds page. Conditions vary depending upon location. We continue to recommend U. Check our country-specific information pages to make an informed decision about your travel.
For passport services abroad, please contact the U. You can check your status online using our Online Passport Status System. One-to-two day delivery is not available for passport cards. We only send cards via First Class Mail. We sent you a letter or email because we need more information from you before we continue processing your passport. The letters and emails all have specialized instructions for your case that you should follow.
If you are flying internationally, you must provide a flight receipt or an itinerary. If you are traveling by land or sea to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, or the Caribbean, you can provide a hotel reservation, cruise tickets, or international car insurance. A print version of your proof of travel is required at most agencies.
Go to our Life-or-Death Emergency page to see if you are eligible for an appointment at one of our passport agencies and centers. Contact the National Passport Information Center. A Customer Service Representative will confirm the date your passport was mailed to you, the address to which it was mailed and, if necessary, help you report that you did not receive your passport.
You have 90 days from the date your passport was issued to report that you have not yet received it. If you do not report it within 90 days, you will be required to reapply and submit the full passport fee.
After we print your passport, we will send it to you and return your supporting documents. I applied for a passport book only : You may receive your newly-issued passport and your citizenship documents such as your birth certificate, expired passport, naturalization certificate or citizenship certificate in two separate mailings.
I applied for a passport card only : You may receive your newly-issued passport card and your citizenship documents such as your birth certificate, expired passport, naturalization certificate or citizenship certificate in two separate mailings. Please contact NPIC if you do not receive a second mailing within 4 weeks of receiving the first.
We only send the passport card via First Class Mail. We cannot send cards using a day delivery service. I applied for both a passport book and passport card : You may receive three separate mailings; one with your citizenship documents such as your birth certificate, expired passport, naturalization certificate or citizenship certificate , one with your newly-issued passport book, and one with your newly-issued passport card.
Please contact NPIC if you do not receive the second or third mailing within 4 weeks of the first mailing. Yes, in most cases, we will return the old, canceled passport to you. The old passport may be sent separately from your new passport. We recommend keeping your old passport in a safe place as it is considered proof of your U. If your old passport is linked to a valid visa, you can still use the valid visa.
You must travel with both your new and old passport in this case. When you receive your new passport, the number on the document will be different from the number on your previous passport. If you have a passport application that is currently in process, you should contact the National Passport Information Center at to notify them about the address change. You don't need to contact us if your address has changed after you received your passport.
If your passport has been significantly damaged , especially the book cover or the page displaying your personal data and photo, you will need to apply for a new passport. Damage that might require you to replace your passport includes water damage, a significant tear, unofficial markings on the data page, missing visa pages torn out , a hole punch, or other injuries. Normal "wear and tear" of a U. If you need to replace your damaged passport, you will need to submit the following in person See Where to Apply :.
Processing times vary depending on the time of year. See Application Processing Times for more information. The cost of your U. See Passport Fees for more information on the cost of a U. Go to our Passport Agency and Center page to see if you eligible for an appointment, and to learn how to make one.
If you are asked to pay for an appointment, you should consider the request to be fraudulent. We are not affiliated with any third-party appointment booking services. We may not be able to honor appointments booked via third parties. Please do not attempt to book duplicate appointments. If you were age 16 or older when your passport was issued, your passport is valid for 10 years. If you were under 16 when your passport was issued, your passport is valid for 5 years.
The Issue Date of your passport can be found on the data page of your passport book or on the front of your passport card. Some countries require that your passport be valid at least six months beyond the dates of your trip.
Some airlines will not allow you to board if this requirement is not met. Check our Country Information to learn about entry and exit requirements for the country or countries in which you are traveling. If your passport has already expired, you may still be able to renew your passport. See How to Renew Your U. Passport Services recommends that the following U. If you live in Canada, you may be eligible to renew your U. You cannot renew by mail from any other foreign country in the world. Send your application and supporting documents via Canada Post to one of two addresses either for routine or expedited service listed on Form DS You must pay by check or money order in U.
You should renew in person at a U. You must also apply at the embassy or consulate if you're applying for the first time or you're applying for your child's under age 16 passport.
To learn more, go to our Applying from Outside the United States page. If you are changing your name more than a year after your passport was issued, you must submit Form DS Renewal Application. For more information, see How to Change or Correct a Passport. The execution fee applies to first-time applicants, children, and those replacing a lost, stolen, or damaged passport who must appear in person before an agent authorized by the Secretary of the U.
Department of State to give oaths to verify passport applications. In order to offer U. The execution fee is to reimburse the acceptance facility for the cost of the service provided to the customer and to serve as an incentive for participation in the Passport Application Acceptance Program.
When applying for both the passport book and card on the same application, you pay only one execution fee. The execution fee does not apply to adult passport book or card renewals when submitting Form DS Superintendent of Documents P. Box Pittsburgh, PA ATTN: U. For complete details, please see Selecting Your Gender Marker. No, you cannot pay online for passport services, although this service may be offered in the future. You will not be asked to provide credit card information on this site at this time.
Some companies may charge a fee for you to fill out your passport form. Read the fine print and disclaimers on their websites. These companies are not affiliated with the Department of State. The Department of State recommends that a family member or executor of a deceased passport bearer return the passport for cancelation.
The passport will be returned to you after it is canceled. Please submit the valid passport, a certified copy of the death certificate, and a letter requesting the cancelation and return or destruction of the passport to:. Box Sterling, VA Yes, but only if you have a valid U. Learn more to see if you are eligible. No, you cannot. Applicants who need additional pages in their valid passports must obtain a new passport by mail.
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