Eligibility:
You may renew by mail using Form DS-82 if your passport is undamaged and was:

• Issued within the last 15-years;
• Issued with a 10-year validity; and
• Issued in your current name or you have changed your name since your passport was issued and can submit legal documentation to prove this change.

If you do not meet these requirements, please click here for information on scheduling an appointment.

To apply, you must submit the following:

• • Form DS-82 available online here. You must print and sign the form
  • Your most recent U.S. passport (and one photocopy of your U.S. passport bio page)
  • One passport photograph taken within the past 6 months, size 5cm x 5cm, and with a white background
  • USD $130.00 non-refundable application fee, paid through our online payment system
  • If your name has changed, submit evidence. Examples include: a marriage certificate, change of name deed, statutory declaration or court order. Note: the name change must have taken place after your last passport was issued.

Eligibility: 

If your name was changed in the past year by court order or marriage, you may renew your passport by mail.

To apply, you must submit the following:

• • Form DS-5504 available online here.
    You must print and sign the form
  • Your most recent U.S. passport
  • 1 photocopy of your most recent U.S. passport
  • One passport photograph taken within the past 6 months, size 5cm x 5cm, and on a white background
  • Proof of your name change. Examples include: a marriage certificate, change of name deed, statutory declaration or court order. Note: the name change must have taken place after your last passport was issued.

There is no application fee for applying with Form DS-5504.

Eligibility: 

If your passport contains a printing error or a manufacturing problem. (I.e., if the Department of State is responsible). You may apply by mail using DS-5504 regardless of the issuance date of the valid passport.

To apply, you must submit the following:

• • Form DS-5504 available online here.
    You must print and sign the form
  • Your most recent U.S. passport
  • 1 photocopy of your most recent U.S. passport
  • One passport photograph taken within the past 6 months, size 5cm x 5cm, and on a white background

There is no application fee for applying with Form DS-5504.

Eligibility:

You may renew your passport by mail using form DS-5504 for the replacement of a limited passport book if:

• Form DS-5504 is signed or received within 1 year from submitted passport issuance date; and
• You submit the no-fee replacement letter that was received upon issuance of the limited passport.
• You must submit all supplementary identity or citizenship evidence requested in the no-fee letter.

Applicants must submit the following documents in their applications using the DS-5504:

To apply, you must submit the following:

• • Form DS-5504 available online here.
    You must print and sign the form
  • Your most recent U.S. limited validity passport
  • 1 photocopy of your most recent U.S. passport
  • One passport photograph taken within the past 6 months, size 5cm x 5cm, and on a white background
  • The no-fee replacement letter that was received upon issuance of the limited passport
  • All supplementary identity or citizenship evidence requested in the no-fee letter

There is no application fee for applying with Form DS-5504.

Note: you must use form DS-82 to replace a limited validity emergency passport if it was issued more than one year ago.