Original Passports - Instructions
Applications for a first time passport must be witnessed and sealed by an authorized passport acceptance agent at a post office or county clerk's office before our office can submit your paperwork to the US Passport Office for processing.
Not all post
offices or county clerk offices have passport acceptance agents.
Please call your local branch to see if they have a passport acceptance
agent.
Sealed envelope procedure at the post office or at the county clerk's office is as follows.
You will need to submit the following documents for processing:
- Proof
of US citizenship
- A
certified birth certificate from the department of health in the
state where you were born with a raised seal (must have file date
and file number)
or
- Original naturalization papers - (citizenship papers)
- A
certified birth certificate from the department of health in the
state where you were born with a raised seal (must have file date
and file number)
- State
or government issued identification
- Valid
U.S. drivers license with a photo - minimum 6 months old
or
- Valid
U.S. drivers license with a photo - minimum 6 months old
- Valid
state issued photo I.D. (non-driver license) - minimum 6 months old
or
- Valid military I.D.
- High School or College Yearbook
- In some cases a Social Security or Voters Registration card may be required
- 2 Regulation
Passport Photographs
- Required size is 2x2 inches
- You must face forward, no profiles are accepted
- Photo background must be light or white
- You cannot cover your head unless for religious purposes
- If glasses are worn they cannot have a dark tint
- Passport
Application Form
- Form
DS-11 - download this form by clicking
here
- You
may fill out lines 1-20 in the white boxes only, but DO NOT sign
until an agent instructs you to do so
- Form
DS-11 - download this form by clicking
here
- Government
Fee
- You will need to submit payment to the passport acceptance agent
- Please bring 2 checks or cash with you (most post offices accept checks)
- Government fee will be paid separately to the Post Office and the Passport Office
- Passport Plus Authorization
- This
letter will authorize a representative of Passport Plus to submit
your
paperwork
- Download
our Passport Plus Authorization by clicking
here
- This
letter will authorize a representative of Passport Plus to submit
your
- Proof
of Departure
- The
Passport Office requires proof of international travel within the
next 14 days.
One of the following are acceptable :
- Copy of airline ticket - (cannot be an open ticket)
- Itinerary from travel agent
- E-ticket
- Printed confirmation from airline ticket office
- Original company letter - you can download an outline for the company letter by clicking here
- Faxed itinerary must come directly from the airline or travel agent and must have their name printed at the top of the fax
- IN ADDITION, please bring with you a photocopy of one of the above proofs of departure
- The
Passport Office requires proof of international travel within the
next 14 days.
When all items are in order you will proceed to a passport acceptance agent and present your documents. You will then sign the passport application form in the presence of the passport acceptance agent who will witness your signature.
After being sealed by the agent the envelope will be given back to you for forwarding to our office.
The processing times and service fees are as follows:
| Government Fee: | |
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Agent at post office or county clerk office will instruct you on how to make payments |
| Passport Plus Fee: |
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SERVICE TIME FRAME DOES NOT INCLUDE MAILING TIME BACK TO YOU.
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