How to Get a Passport ID Card if You Have a Passport
A passport card is similar to an identification card, but it can be used to gain entry into Mexico, United States, Canada, Bermuda and into seaports. A passport card can't be used for international travel by air. The passport card is often more convenient to carry since it can fit into your wallet, and is supposed to provide for a speedier and more efficient screening process at the border. If you already have a passport book but would like to obtain a convenient passport card, you can get one by mail.
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Instructions
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Obtain Form DS 82 (see Resources). The form can be completed online, or printed out and handwritten.
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Enter your first and last name, address, birth date, social security number and contact information. Enter any planned trip details when prompted - these include the known date of an international trip and the intended destination. Enter emergency contact information. You must select that you have been issued a passport book, and verify that you still have it in your possession or that it was lost or stolen. Enter the date the book was issued, the name that the book was issued under and the book number. Review the information.
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Print the online application, sign and date it.
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Obtain two passport photos. The photos must be two inches wide by two inches long and both photos must be identical, in color and taken within the last six months. You must be wearing street attire - no uniforms, no dark sunglasses, and they must be printed on thin, photo quality paper. One photo must be stapled to the application in the space provided and the other should be enclosed in the envelope, but unattached.
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Pay the appropriate fee. The cost is $30 for a passport card, if you already have a passport book and you are 16 or older. The cost is $40 for those 15 years old or younger. If you need the passport card within two weeks, an additional $60 fee must be included for expedited service. You must pay with a check or money order and it should be made payable to the "Department of State."
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Mail the application, plus two passport photos and a check or money order in the appropriate amount to:
National Passport Processing Center
Post Office Box 90155
Philadelphia, PA 19190-0155
In Person
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Go to a local post office or county courthouse to apply for a passport card in person.
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Complete the appropriate DS-82 application form. Enter your name, address, birth date, social security number and contact information. Enter any planned trip details when prompted. These details include the known date of an international trip and the intended destination. Enter emergency contact information. You must select that you have been issued a passport book, and verify that you still have it in your possession or that it was lost or stolen. Enter the date the book was issued, the name that the book was issued under and the book number.
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Submit the application and show a state-issued identification card or passport book.
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Pay the appropriate fee. At the post office, for example, you can pay with cash, check, money order or credit card. There is an additional processing fee. USPS charges $55 for a passport card for those applicants that are 16 and older. Younger applicants will be charged $40.
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References
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- Photo Credit passport image by isatori from Fotolia.com
