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REQUIREMENTS
TO EXPEDITE U.S. PASSPORTS
NEW ISSUE
You are considered a new or first time issue
applicant if you answer YES to any of the following:
You are
applying for a US passport for the first time.
Your expired US passport is not in
your possesion.
Your previous US passport has expired and was issued
more than 15 years ago.
Your
previous US passport was issued when you were under 16
years.
Instructions and Document Completion:
1.
Completed application form DS-11.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Letter of Authorization.
- You must print, then complete and include TWO
COPIES of a Letter "Attn: U.S Passport Agency" stating:
"I, (applicant name), hereby authorize Travel Document Systems
to pick up my passport, and to discuss the status of my application
with the Passport Services staff."
- Click here to print
a sample of the Authorization Letter.
- One copy of this letter, with original signature in BLUE
INK, should be placed inside your sealed envelope by
the passport clerk and the other should be paper-clipped to the
outside of that envelope
4.
Proof of U.S. Citizenship:
- A certified
birth certificate, issued by state or county health department
or vital statistics bureau (not hospital certificates); -or-
- A naturalization
certificate; -or-
- A certificate of citizenship; -or-
- A Consular report of birth abroad; -or-
- A previous U.S. passport (if issued more
than 15 years ago, or you were under 16 years when your most recent passport was issued).
5.
Proof of Identity:
- A Valid Drivers Licence issued more than 6 months ago;
- If the above-mentioned Driver's License isn't available, then you need to supply an alternate form of identity.
6.
Completed
Cover Page and Credit Card Authorization forms (print using the Print button on your browser)
7.
Application Form
for child under 16 years click here
- Effective February 01, 2004, all minor children applying for passports are required to appear in person at the local acceptance agency.
8.
Execution of your Passport Application:
- Take the above requirements to your local acceptance agent for Passport
Applications (usually a post office or county clerk or court house).
- Pay the clerk the U.S. government fee, including rush fees, and execution fees. Be prepared to write two checks for the total amount, as the clerk will retain $25.00 execution fee.
- $135.00 + $25.00 = $160.00 for adults,
- $120.00 + $25.00 = $145.00 for children under 16 years.
Please ask the clerk NOT to include the cost of USPS return postage in your payment of passport fees.
Please write your name and date of birth on the check.
Credit cards are not accepted for this part of the transaction.
Ask the clerk to execute the passport application documents and place them in a sealed envelope addressed to "U.S. Passport Agency". (You must not open this envelope again before shipping it).
9.
SUMMARY:
Please be sure to make two separate copies of:
- The Application Form DS-11
- The Letter of Authorization
- The Proof of Departure (Itinerary)
The following items must be placed inside the sealed envelope executed by the Passport Clerk, then all documents should be placed inside a Fedex envelop for shipping to Travel Document Systems, Inc.
- Your Proof of U.S. Citizenship
- The Application Form DS-11, the photographs and the appropriate Government fees
- The Letter of Authorization
- The Proof of Departure (Itinerary)
The following items must be attached (paper-clip) to the outside of the sealed envelope.
- A copy of the Application Form DS-11
- A copy of the Letter of Authorization
- A copy of the Proof of Departure (Itinerary)
- A completed Cover Page and fees for TDS expediting services
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U.S. Passport Expedited Application Fee: |
$160.00 |
(Minor $145.00) |
TDS Fees to Hand Carry Application:
$ 75.00 per passport (for issue between 2 and 4 Weeks)
Very urgent
applications can be issued between 1 and 3 business days. For more urgent issue please follow our Washington DC or San Francisco instructions.
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)
Include credit card authorization, a check or money order payable
to "Travel Document Systems, Inc." for TDS Handling Fee,
and return FedEx cost.
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.,
641 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1435
New York, NY 10022
URGENT
APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SHIPPED TO TDS USING ONLY THE FEDEX COMPANY
- Your
application will be hand carried to the Passport Agency.
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 4 to 6 weeks to be processed.
- Urgent
issue applications can be issued in between 1 and 4 business days. For urgent issue please follow our Washington DC or San Francisco instructions.
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Passport
applications submitted by mail to passport agencies routinely
take 4 to 6 weeks to be processed. TDS expedites applications
by hand carrying them to the U.S. Passport Agency, and following
up on the progress. Please note that TDS is not in a position
to be able to offer any guarantees of passports to be issued
by a specific date. Issue is determined by the urgency of
your departure, the acceptance of your appplication without
addidtional information being required, and passport agency
workloads, particularly during peak travel periods.
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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). Submit a written request on your letterhead applying for a 48-page passport.
PLEASE
FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. MISSING OR INCORRECT INFORMATION
MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DELAYS
INFORMATION
AND FEES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
REVISED 01/2006
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Washington
DC Office
925 Fifteenth Street N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005
Voice: 1-800-874-5100
Local: 202-638-3800
Fax: 202-638-4674
support@traveldocs.com |
641 Lexington Avenue
Suite 1435
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San Francisco Office
3 Embarcadero Center
Lobby Level, Suite 2
San Francisco, CA 94111
Voice: 1-888-874-5100
Local: 415-399-1515
Fax: 415-399-1001
sfo@traveldocs.com |
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