To qualify for a passport renewal, you must be able to answer YES to all of the following conditions:

I am a U.S. citizen

I can provide my most recent passport

I was at least 16 years old when my most recent passport was issued

I was issued my most recent passport LESS than 15 years ago

I use the same name as the name reflected on my most recent passport OR I have had my name changed and can submit a marriage certificate or court decree to verify this change

You must provide your most recent, undamaged passport. Your passport cannot be frayed, torn, separating, or altered in any other way. It can be valid or recently expired. It will be returned to you marked “Cancelled” by the US State Department.

You must provide two color (2” x 2”), passport-type photographs. The photograph must:

Be printed on photo paper

Have a white background

Be two inches by two inches

Have been taken within the last six months

Taken without glasses, if applicable

The United States Passport Office has issued a guide on the correct format for photographs.

Cannot wear eyeglasses
(Refer to Passport Photo section on website)

If applicant is an infant, the eyes must be opened in the photograph.

You will need to provide one completed DS-82 Passport Renewal application form, which will be found on the U.S. Department of State website at:

https://pptform.state.gov/.

This form must be completed on-line. Hand written forms will not be accepted. This form must have an original signature

After completing the application print 2 copies of it.

This form must also be completed and signed in front of Passport

Acceptance Agency. Do not sign the application until instructed to do so by Acceptance Agent.

You will need to provide evidence of upcoming international travel as one of the following:

A computer generated flight itinerary from a travel agency or online booking company showing departure from US

If no itinerary is available a letter on business letterhead paper, addressed to the US Department of State, detailing your upcoming international travel dates and signed by your employer

Copy of Flight Itinerary

Copy of Airline Ticket

You must provide evidence that your name has changed. Please provide one of the following items in their original form:

Marriage Certificate

Court Decree

You must provide your most recent, undamaged passport. Your passport cannot be frayed, torn, separating, or altered in any other way. It can be valid or recently expired. It will be returned to you marked “Cancelled” by the US State Department.

You must provide two color (2” x 2”), passport-type photographs. The photograph must:

Be printed on photo paper

Have a white background

Be two inches by two inches

Have been taken within the last six months

Taken without glasses, if applicable

The United States Passport Office has issued a guide on the correct format for photographs.

Cannot wear eyeglasses
(Refer to Passport Photo section on website)

If applicant is an infant, the eyes must be opened in the photograph.

You will need to provide one completed DS-82 Passport Renewal application form, which will be found on the U.S. Department of State website at:

https://pptform.state.gov/.

This form must be completed on-line. Hand written forms will not be accepted. This form must have an original signature

After completing the application print 2 copies of it.

This form must also be completed and signed in front of Passport

Acceptance Agency. Do not sign the application until instructed to do so by Acceptance Agent.

You will need to provide evidence of upcoming international travel as one of the following:

A computer generated flight itinerary from a travel agency or online booking company showing departure from US

If no itinerary is available a letter on business letterhead paper, addressed to the US Department of State, detailing your upcoming international travel dates and signed by your employer

Copy of Flight Itinerary

Copy of Airline Ticket

You must provide evidence that your name has changed. Please provide one of the following items in their original form:

Marriage Certificate

Court Decree

You must complete and send the original “Passport Authorization Letter” contained in this passport application kit. Your completed letter must include:

Answers for all required fields

The name of the company displayed in this letter's upper-right corner logo, written in the field "Courier Company Name"

Your signature in blue or black ink

The US Passport Authorization Letter requires you to check Option 1 and check one of the remaining options. Do not check all 3 boxes.