Expedited US Passport Service - Instructions for New or First time Passport Application

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Instructions for First-time Passport Application
If applicants currently age 15 & under, please click here

You must call for an appointment number before you mail in the application.

STEP 1 - Prepare Passport Application Paperwork

(1) Proof of Citizenship (provide 1 of the following)

Original or Certified birth certificate

Original Certificate of naturalization

Previous passport

FS-240, DS-1350, or Certificate of Citizenship (if born abroad to US parent(s)
All citizenship documents will be returned with your new passport

(2) Proof of Identity

Make a clear photocopy of driver's license with a photo on it. The license must have been issued for at least 6 months. If the above mentioned Driver's License isn't available, you will need to provide additional Proof of Identity

(3) Travel Evidence (provide 1 of the following)

Copy of your plane ticket showing departure within 14 days

Computer generated flight itinerary from the travel agent or airline showing departure within 14 days

If travel is for business and neither of above is available, you may use a business letter.

If your travel date is beyond 14 days from now, please call us first.

(4) Passport Application Form DS-11

Option 1: Click here to download the form

Option 2: Fill out DS-11 form online from US State Department website

Do NOT sign this form yet. Do NOT use pencil or pen with red ink. Please print out and submit only one-sided pages of the application. This form may also be available at your local post office.

Please do not select Passport Card option, because it may delay the process and additional fee will apply.

(5) Two Identical Passport Photos

Click here to see photo requirements.
Click here to find where you can get passport photos

(6) Letter of Authorization

This is your authorization to VisaRite to submit your application. Click for Letter of Authorization. Please print 2 copies and sign them both. The Authorization Letter must have original signatures. Faxes or photo copies are not acceptable.

(7) Government Fees

Make one check payable to "U.S. Department of State" for $135 (this is the government processing and expedite fee). Be sure to include your date of birth on the check. Starter check is not acceptable.

(8) VisaRite Service Fee

Service fee varies depending on the processing level you choose. More about processing time...


	Return Shipping Fee
	US$20.00 (by FedEx Overnight Service)	US$23.00 (by FedEx Overnight with Signature Required)
=	Total Payment Due:

Forms of Payment: We accept money order, cashiers check, bank check, certified check, company check or cash. Please make check or money order payable to VisaRite Services Inc. You may also pay by credit card. If you select this option, please fill out and sign one credit card charge authorization form and enclose it in your application package.

Remarks: Return Shipping Fee listed is for return address within the continental U.S. If your return address is in Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or the US Virgin Islands, please include an additional $10.00 per order.

STEP 2 - Notify VisaRite Services

Passport Agency processes a limited number of passport applications every day. Pleas call us to pre-schedule an appointment before you send in the application.

Call (800) 361-7708 to get an appointment number first.

Submit the Passport Service Request Form online, print out confirmation page.

STEP 3 - Visit A Passport Acceptance Facility

You must appear in person at a Passport Acceptance Facility, which is usually a Post Office or County Court House and present paperwork your prepared. How to locate a Passport Acceptance Facility?

Procedures at the Passport Acceptance Facility:

Tell the clerk you are using an expediting service to "Hand Carry" your application

The clerk will request your Identification (driver's license)

The clerk will ask you to sign the application form DS-11

The clerk will complete the ID information, sign, then stamp the application form

The clerk must seal the envelope and MUST put official stamp/seal on or along side the seal mark

The envelop should be marked as "Hand Carry" or "Open by authorized passport agent only"

The clerk may write the applicant's name, departure date on the outside of the sealed envelope

The clerk will return the envelop to you in order for you to FedEx it to VisaRite Services

You will be asked to pay $25 at the Passport Acceptance Facility

If the clerk does not feel at ease about releasing the envelope, suggest that he/she refer to page 31 or 44 of their Passport Agent's Manual, "Hand-carrying of Executed Applications.

These items need to be in the sealed envelope:

The signed DS-11.

The original proof of citizenship.

The two passport photos.

The check for the "Department of State" for $135.

One Letter of Authorization.

These items are not supposed to be sealed, but need to be in the shipping envelope:

The photocopy of the driver's license, or the supplemental ID.

One Letter of Authorization.

The travel evidence.

The payment to VisaRite Services.

Service Request Form Confirmation Page

STEP 4 - Send the Application Package to VisaRite Service

Put all above in one bigger shipping envelope

Send overnight to VisaRite Services Inc. by FedEx to:

        VisaRite Services Inc.
        460 Van Emburgh Ave
        Ridgewood, NJ 07450
        Tel: (201) 445-7088

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Instructions for First-time Passport Application If applicants currently age 15 & under, please click here

Instructions for First-time Passport Application
If applicants currently age 15 & under, please click here