
Click here to go to the Department of State Passport Wizard
Effective 09-26-05 the Department of State has made it mandatory
that all passport applications first be completed online using the
2D bar code application which is available from the Department
of State’s website.
After completing the form online, you must appear at the post office or
government office which is a passport acceptance office
(post office which
accepts passport applications or county clerk's office) to have your information verified and
your signature witnessed on the passport application.
To find out where to apply for passports in your area, check out the
Department of State’s website
(where to apply) or call the post office or county clerk’s office and ask where the closest passport acceptance office is to you.
The following is a list of materials that you need to take with you:
- Your Certified Birth Record
- 2 Passport Photos
- Photocopy of your Picture Drivers License (Front & Back)
- Proof of Name Change (if any)
- Proof of Departure (airlines ticket or confirmed/paid itinerary)
(2 copies are needed - 1 inside of the package and 1 outside of the package)
- ACE Passport Services Letter of Authorization

(2 copies are needed - 1 inside of the package and 1 outside of the package)
- Correct Application Fee: (Effective 07-13-10)
$195.00 persons age 16 and over
(2 checks:$170.00 Dept. of State $25.00 to Passport Agency)
$165.00 persons age 15 and under
(2 checks: $140.00 Dept. of State , $25.00 to Passport Agency)
- Cash, Credit, Check or Money Order are accepted.
The information will be sealed in a 8 x11 postal envelope, take the sealed envelope and put it inside a FedEx envelope, fill out the airbill according to the sample shown.
Ship it directly to
ACE Passport Services.
(call Fedex at 1-800-280-9389 for detail instructions)
Please Note: YOU MUST USE FEDEX TO SHIP THE PACKAGE TO US !!!
ALSO Please Note: We process passports in Chicago, Houston, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Please call if you have questions regarding which address to use to make sure that you send the package to the correct location.