Learn How To Get An Emergency USA Passport Replacement

by garrett on December 14, 2011

There are plenty of times when you could need to obtain a new passport at short notice. Your old one may have become lost or stolen. Maybe it has expired and then, out of the blue, you have a family or business emergency. When this happens, you need to obtain an emergency U S passport replacement.

Lost Passport

A stolen or lost passport is required to be immediately reported. If you are within the United States of America, you may report it over the phone to the State Department, who has a toll-free telephone number for this purpose. If you are in a foreign country, you must contact the local American Embassy or Consulate. After you have made the telephone call, you must then complete and sign a Form DS-64, Statement Regarding a Lost or Stolen Passport. This form may be downloaded from the US Government website, from a passport agency or from an Acceptance Facility.

Legal Forms

Form DS-64 must be completed legibly and in black ink. All questions must be answered completely and as accurately as possible. Giving false information on this or any other form is punishable by fine or imprisonment. A different form is needed for a expedited passport renewal application.

Online Forms

Your next step is to complete and sign Form DS-11, Application for a US Passport. This is available online from a passport Agency from an Acceptance Facility. This form requires you to fill in your contact details and asks some basic questions like your height, weight, hair and eye color, occupation and the name of your employer or school. The form also asks for information about your parents and any other names you have used. It asks for your travel plans,emergency contact details, whether you have been married and if you have ever been issued a previous passport book or passport card.

Passport Agency

Form DS-11 must be submitted in person to an Acceptance Facility or passport Agency and not by mail. It is important that you do not sign this form until instructed to do so by the Acceptance agent. If you need the replacement in less than two weeks for international travel, you should make an apptointment to seen at a Regional Passport Agency. You should also make an appointment if you require the passport within four weeks in order to obtain a visa to visit foreign country.

Proof of Citizenship

As well as the DS-11 form, you must bring proof of American citizenship. This can be in the form of a consular report of birth overseas, proof of naturalization or a certified copy of your birth certificate. This will bear a multicolored, raised or embossed seal as well as the signature of the Registrar.

Identification

Along with Form DS-11 and evidence of citizenship, you will need to bring a form of identification. This may be a previously issued, undamaged US passport,valid driver’s license, naturalization certificate, government or military ID. You will also need a photocopy of your identification, a passport photograph and to pay the relevant fee.

Getting an emergency United States passport replacement is reasonably simple. It is reassuring to know that this can be done very quickly. Once you have your new passport, it is a very good idea to take a photocopy, or at least write down the number and keep it in a safe place, just in case you need it again. Sometimes all you need is a online passport renewal application.

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