How to Obtain a Passport Number

A U.S, passport's number is located in the front.

Your passport number is printed in the front of your U.S. passport. If you need to know your passport number and can't find your passport, there are a couple of ways you can find out the information. Passport Services, a Service of the Bureau of Consular Affairs, keeps records of United States passport records for all passports issued by the United States government from 1925 to the present.

Instructions

1. Find the paperwork that came with your passport. If you didn't throw the records away, your passport may have come with a card that had your passport number on it. Check your filing cabinets or other places you might have put the card.

2. Look for any photocopies you may have made of your passport. Passport instructions come with directions to sign your passport, take several photocopies of the front, and keep them in a safe place. Check with your close relatives to see if you left the photocopy with them.

3. Request a copy of your passport record from Passport Services. This service is free. Write a letter (it must be notarized), requesting a copy of your record and including the following information: your full name at birth, any name changes, date and place of birth, mailing address, daytime phone number;
   email address, reason for the request; estimated date your passport was issued and a copy of your photo ID. Mail the request to:
   Department of State
   Passport Services
   Research and Liaison Section
   Room 500
   1111 19th St., N.W.
   Washington, DC 20524-1705

Tips & Warnings

• You can report a lost or stolen passport to the Department of State by phone: [phone] (TTY 888-874-7793). You also can download form DS-64 (see Resources) and mail it in.

References

• Department of State: Obtain Copies of Passports

Resources

• Department of State: Lost or Stolen Passports