First Time Applicants

If you are applying for a U.S. passport for the first time, you must appear in person before the Consular Officer.

Adults Must:

• Come to the Embassy in person

• Complete form DS-11 Application for Passport.  You may download the form or obtain a copy at the Consular Section.  Please do NOT sign the form until the Consular Officer instructs you to do so.

• Present proof of U.S. citizenship by providing any one of the following:

• Certified copy of birth certificate
• Certificate or Report of Birth Abroad
• Certificate of Naturalization
• Certificate of Citizenship

• Present one current valid form of photo identification to prove identity (e.g. foreign passport, driver’s license, military ID, etc.)

• Provide two passport photos

NOTE: All first time applicants must appear in person

Approximate Processing Time:  2 weeks.

Fee: $100.00.

For more information, please see: http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/first/first_830.html.

Minors Under the Age of 16 Must:

• Come to the Embassy in person

• Complete form DS-11 Application for Passport.  You may download the form or obtain a copy at the Consular Section.  Please do NOT sign the form until the Consular Officer instructs you to do so.

• Present proof of U.S. citizenship by providing any one of the following:

• Certified copy of birth certificate
• Certificate or Report of Birth Abroad
• Certificate of Naturalization
• Certificate of Citizenship

• Present Evidence of Child’s Relationship to Parents/Guardians by submitting one of the following with parents’ names:

• Certified U.S. birth certificate
• Certified Foreign Birth Certificate (translation, if necessary)
• Report of Birth Abroad (Form FS-240)
• Certification of Birth Abroad (Form DS-1350)
• Adoption Decree (with adopting parents’ names)
• Court Order Establishing Custody
• Court Order Establishing Guardianship

• Present one current valid form of photo identification to prove identity of each parent (e.g. foreign passport, driver’s license, military ID, etc.)

• Both parents must appear together and sign the application or one parent may appear with either 1) notarized documentation of the other parent’s consent to issue a passport to the child or 2) documentation of sole authority to apply

• Provide two passport photos

NOTE: All first time applicants must appear in person

Approximate Processing Time:  2 weeks.

Fee: $85.00.

For more information, please see: http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/minors/minors_834.html.