How to Get Your Passport in a Hurry

Expedited Service
  • Cost, in addition to regular application fees, is $60 per application plus overnight delivery costs.
  • Two-way overnight delivery is strongly suggested.
  • Please do not submit any prepaid return mailing envelopes or mailing stamps. Newly issued Passport Books are delivered via Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation, unless you pay for overnight delivery return service at time of application. Overnight delivery service is not available for passport cards, which are delivered via First Class Mail only.
  • If you submit Form DS-82 by mail - clearly mark "EXPEDITE" on the outside of the envelope.
  • We strongly encourage you to mail your passport application and any personal documents using a traceable delivery method.
  • Additionally, in order to protect the contents of your mailing from the elements throughout the delivery process, we encourage you to mail your passport application and any personal documents using a secure means of packaging, such as a Tyvek envelope.
  • Anyone may request expedited service for any type of application (e.g., first-time applications, renewals, amendments of existing passports, etc.) See:
  • Please note, passport applications sent together or at the same time do not necessarily remain together.
  • Your passport book and/or your passport card may be mailed separately from your returned citizenship evidence.

See http://www.travel.state.gov/passport/processing/processing_1740.html for current processing times.

Routine Service
  • Include your departure date on your application.

See http://www.travel.state.gov/passport/processing/processing_1740.html  for current processing times.

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Payment Method

Passport Agency
  • Major Credit Card - Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover
  • Debit/Check cards (not ATM cards)
  • Checks, bank drafts, money orders

Mail-in
  • Personal Check or Money Order (Pay to "U.S. Department of State")
  • NO CASH
  • Please do not submit any prepaid return mailing envelopes or mailing stamps. Newly issued Passport Books are delivered via Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation, unless you pay for overnight delivery return service at time of application. Overnight delivery service is not available for passport cards, which are delivered via First Class Mail only.

Post Office, Clerk of Court, Other Location
  • Check with the facility for type of payment accepted.

All Passport Agencies accept applications by appointment only. 

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