| Renewing Your Passport
If you already have a passport and that passport is your most recent one, it was issued within the past 15 years, and you were over age 16 when it was issued, you may renew your passport by mail.
To do this:
• Download form "DSP-82: Application For Passport By Mail"
Fill it out, sign and date it and attach Your most recent passport
• Two identical 2" x 2" passport photos taken within six months
• $67 fee (see passport form for payment options)
If your name changed since your previous passport was issued, enclose a certified copy of the court order, adoption decree, marriage certificate or divorce decree specifying another name for you to use. (Photocopies are not acceptable.)
If you name has changed by other means, you must apply in person.
If you need your passport in a hurry, you can get an expedited passport. To do this you must either be leaving in less than 14 days, or in two to three weeks and you require foreign visas. This will cost you an extra $60 plus overnight delivery costs and you must show proof of your upcoming departure, such as plane tickets.
For more information, visit the U.S. government passport site. |
