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Passport Services
Apply for or renew a U.S. Passport

ARE YOU A U.S. CITIZEN WHO NEEDS A PASSPORT?

You must Apply by Mail if:
  • You can submit your most recent passport book and/or U.S. passport card;
  • You were at least 16 years old when your most recent passport book and/or passport card was issued;
  • You hold a 10-year passport which was issued within the past 15 years;
  • Your U.S. Passport has not been limited from the normal 10-year validity period due to passport damage/mutilation or multiple passport thefts/losses; and
  • You are not requesting a change in the passport data, other than a name change due to marriage or divorce or court order for which you can submit official documentation (marriage certificate, divorce decree, or court order) to support the name change. For a name change in Sweden, please submit a Personbevis (Form 120) from Skatteverket in Swedish in your name with a komplettering for the date and type of name change.
You must Apply in Person if:

 

For full passport instructions, please click on the “Passport Instructions” button.