Fully complete Application Form DS-11 - First Time Passport Application.
Please note that only the online DS-11 application forms will be acceptable.

Please click here for the online DS-11 Application Form - First Time (Complete but Do Not Sign)

(After completing the form, you must click on the "CREATE FORM" button at the bottom of the page to generate a printable PDF version of the completed application).

Please notice the following carefully:

1. Do not print the form on double sided pages.
2. Do not sign this application form until you are instructed to do so during Authorization.
3. After filling out and printing the form close the window to return to your passport instructions.

For minors under age 14, both parents as well as the minor child should be present at the time of execution of the documents. If only one parent appears, the other parent must sign and notarize a consent form:

• Photographs must be 2 x 2 inches in size, taken within the past 6 months.
• The image size from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head should be between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches.
• The photographs must be in color.
• They must be full face, front view with a plain white or off-white background.
Photographs should be taken without a hat or headgear that obscures the hair or hairline.
• Dark glasses or nonprescription glasses with tinted lenses are not acceptable unless required for medical reasons.
• Home made Digital photographs are not acceptable

Note: You may get passport photos at Kinkos, Costco, Walgreens or CVS.

Click here for Authorization Letter in Acrobat Format

One of the two signed Authorization Letter should be placed inside a sealed envelope by the Passport Clerk when executing the passport application

It can be one of the following:
• Original or Certified Birth Certificate - Issued by the County or State Health Department or Bureau of Vital Statistics. Hospital birth certificates are not accepted.

• For assistance in getting a Birth Certificate, please click here.

• Consulate record of birth abroad
• Naturalization Certificates also known as Certificate of Citizenship
• Previous expired U.S. passport - issued over 15 years ago or issued when you were under the age of 16
• Please note: when renewing passports for minors under age 15, both previous passport and original birth certificate should be submitted.

State issued driver's license (at least 6 months old) bearing a photo, or military I. D. bearing a photo, If the above mentioned Driver's License isn't available, you will need to provide additional Proof of Identity.

Click here for Additional Proof of Identity in Acrobat Format

• 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 your travel date is beyond 14 days from now, please call us first at 1-800-592-5818

• Click here to Download the Customer Passport Order Form in Acrobat Format