How to Resubmit for a Passport
The United States State Department issues passports to citizens that meet all application requirements. Once your passport is issued, it is valid for 10 years from the date of issuance unless you change your name; name changes require obtaining a new passport. When it's time to renew your passport, you are required to resubmit much of the paperwork you submitted the first time you applied for your passport; only this time you can choose to submit your renew application and supporting documents by mail or at your local passport acceptance facility.
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Things You'll Need
- Form DS-82
- Passport photo
- Current passport
- Legal name change documents - if applicable
- Passport renewal fees
Instructions
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Obtain form DS-82 from the U.S. Department of State website or from your local passport acceptance facility. Passport acceptance facilities are post offices, libraries and other government offices in and around your city; use the U.S. Department of State's passport acceptance facility search page to find one near you.
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Complete the information on form DS-82. This includes providing your name, address, Social Security Number, place of birth, date of birth, sex, email address, phone number and any other name you have used in your life, such as your maiden name or divorced name. Include your current passport book number and date of issue.
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Sign form DS-82 and gather the supporting documents required to renew your passport, which consists of your current passport and any certified document stating any name change. You must also submit one passport photo, which must meet all of the U.S. Department of State passport photo guidelines -- you can acquire a passport photo at any passport acceptance facility or take one of yourself as long as it meets all requirements.
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Write a check payable to the U.S. Department of State in the amount of $110. As of June 2011 this is the applicable passport renewal fee. If you want your passport expedited, which means you will receive your new passport in two to three weeks rather than six to eight weeks you can write an additional check for $60 to pay for expedited services.
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Mail your completed application, fees and supporting documents to:
National Passport Processing Center
Post Office Box 90155
Philadelphia, PA 19190-0155
For expedited service mail to:
National Passport Processing Center
Post Office Box 90955
Philadelphia, PA 19190-0955
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Tips & Warnings
Passport photos must be at two inches by two inches in size, in color, no more than six months old, of your complete face against a white background.
You must have between one and one and 3/8 of an inch between your forehead and chin and you may not wear any uniforms, glasses not prescribed by a doctor or any other headgear in your photo.
Only those that wear religious clothing on a daily basis are permitted to wear anything other than everyday clothing.
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