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REQUIREMENTS TO EXPEDITE REPLACEMENT
OF LOST OR STOLEN U.S. PASSPORTS
Instructions and Document Completion:
1.
Completed application form DS-11 and form DS-64.
- Applicants requesting expedited passport service through TDS, MUST now use an online version of the form DS-11, rather than handwriting the required personal data.
- DO NOT SIGN the DS-11 form until asked to do so by the Post Office or Court House passport clerk.
- PASSPORT CARDS: The new Passport Cards cannot be expedited at this time and take approximately 4-5 weeks to issue. If you are applying for a regular passport only, please mark the box on your passport application next to "Passport Book". If you also want to apply for a Passport Card you should also mark the box next "Passport Card". There is an additional $20.00 government fee for the Passport Card and the Passport Card will be processed separately from your regular passport (in about 4-5 weeks) then mailed to you directly by First Class mail.
- If replacing a lost passport form DSP-64 must also be completed.
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You MUST print and submit TWO copies of your completed application DS-11 and form DS-64. One copy for the sealed envelope and the other copy for inclusion in the FEDEX Envelope, paper-clipped to the outside of your sealed envelope (see #9 below).
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2.
Two recent
professional passport-type photographs
3.
Proof
of U.S. Citizenship: a) certified
birth certificate, issued by state or county health department
or vital statistics bureau (not hospital certificates); b) naturalization
certificate; c) certificate of citizenship; d) previous U.S. passport.
4.
Completed
Cover Page and Credit Card Authorization forms
(print from browser)
5.
Proof of Identity, with photo: (a) valid driver's license, (b) valid
college identification card, (c) current military or government
i.d. card, (d) a Certificate of Naturalization or Citizenship,
(e) a previous U.S. passport, (f) corporate or employer i.d. card.
6.
Appointment:
If you require an emergency passport issued in 1-3 business days, you must have an appointment to proceed. Please call 1-888-874-5100 for an appointment. TDS must receive your document at least one business day prior to your appointment.
7.
Print, then complete and include TWO COPIES
of a Authorization Letter "Attn: U.S. Passport Agency" stating:
"I, (applicant name and date of birth), hereby authorize
Travel Document Systems to pick up my passport, and to discuss
the status of my application with the Passport Services staff."
This letter must contain an original sigature in BLUE
INK.
Click here to print
a sample of the Authorization Letter.
One copy
of this letter, with original signature, should be placed inside
your sealed envelope by the passport clerk and the other should
be paper-clipped to the outside of that envelope
8.
Proof
of departure date (two copies) required (copy of itinerary or
air tickets showing applicant is departing the U.S.).
One
copy of the itinierary should be placed inside your sealed envelope,
by the passport clerk, and the other should be paper-clipped to
the outside of that envelope.
9. Take
the above requirements to your local
acceptance agent for Passport
Applications. Pay the clerk the U.S. government fee $160.00
for adults, $145.00 for children under 16 years. (Be
prepared to write two checks for the total amount, as the clerk
may retain $25.00 execution fee). Please
write your name and date of birth on the check. Ask the
clerk to execute the documents and place them in a sealed envelope
addressed to "U.S. Passport Agency".
Fees:
Total Government Fees:
$160.00 (Minor: $145.00)
TDS Fees to Hand Carry Application:
$175.00 for issue same-day (Appointment required)
$130.00 for issue in 48-72 business hours ( Appointment required)
$ 75.00 for issue in 10+ days weeks.
Urgent service: Please call 1.888.874.5100 prior to shipping to confirm appointment
Return Postage
Continental USA Only -
$23.00 FedEx (Next Business Day - up to 3 passports)
$26.00 FedEx (Next Business Day - 4 or more passports)
$39.00 FedEx (Saturday Delivery)
Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, USVI -
$39.00 FedEx Next Day Letter (No Saturday Delivery)
Processing
Instructions
Please forward the completed requirements; sealed envelope,
authorization letter, copy of tickets or itinerary, and payment,
by Federal Express to:
TRAVEL
DOCUMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
3 Embarcadero Center
Lobby Level, Suite 2
San Francisco, Ca 94111
URGENT
APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SHIPPED TO TDS USING ONLY THE FEDEX
COMPANY
Processing Information
- Your application will be hand carried to the Passport Agency
in San Francisco. There, the Passport Agent will examine the
application and if all documents are in order, assign a date
the passport will be issued, according to departure date from
the U.S.,
- Passport applications submitted by mail to passport agencies
routinely take 6 to 8 weeks to be processed. TDS expedites
applications by hand carrying them to the U.S. Passport Agency,
and following up on the progress.
- Urgent issue applications (which may be issued in 24 hours or less), require proof of departure within 7 business
days of being submitted to the passport agency and MUST be
shipped to TDS using only the FEDEX Company.
- Urgent applications can be issued as fast as 24 hours,
less urgent applications are issued within seven days.
- A 48-page business travelers passport can be issued in lieu
of the usual 24-page passport on request at no additional
charge (however, ONLY if the larger books are available at
the time of issue). Attach a note requesting a 48-page passport
to the passport application.
PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. MISSING OR INCORRECT
INFORMATION MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DELAYS
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