Passports

Appointments for passport services must be made on the Clerk’s website. Passport services include acceptance of passport applications (Form DS-11) and passport photos.

Appointments are necessary to avoid long wait times and to better serve you. Walk-in services will be available until 3:30pm, only AFTER scheduled appointments are completed.

The appropriate forms are available online at travel.state.gov and are also provided in the Passport Department located in the Clerk’s Annex building, room 126. The form must be signed in the presence of the passport clerk at the time it is submitted.

If there is no official record of your birth, you will need to contact the proper agency (Bureau of Vital Statistics or Health Department) of your birth state. A letter will be issued to this fact, then we can use other items for proof.

If you are a naturalized citizen, the original naturalization certificate must accompany the application for a passport. It will be returned by the passport agency. If you are not a U.S. citizen, but need a passport, you must contact the nearest consulate for your country.

A visa is a permission granted by the government of a country to an alien to enter that country and to remain for a specific period of time. It is the responsibility of the traveler to obtain necessary visas, if any, before proceeding abroad. Visas are obtained from the embassy or consulate of the countries the applicant wishes to travel to. Please refer to travel.state.gov for information as to what countries require visas.

If your passport has been lost, stolen, or mutilated, you must complete a new application, with new pictures, birth certificate, and affidavit of lost or stolen passport. The forms are available in this office. The cost will be the same as applying for a new passport.

If you are behind in your child support payments in excess of $2,500, you are ineligible to receive a U.S. passport. If this applies to you, Passport Services strongly recommends that you contact the appropriate State child support enforcement agency to make payment arrangements before applying for a passport.

A passport application can always be accepted if you have a past criminal history; however, a passport cannot be issued to a person with a federal, state, or local felony warrant of arrest or someone who has a condition of parole or probation forbidding departure from the United States. A letter from a parole or probation officer authorizing passport issuance and/or international travel may be required. For further assistance or questions, please contact the National Passport Information Center at 1-(877) 487-2278

Information obtained from or in connection with a passport application is privileged under the Privacy Act of 1974 and under Title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 51.33, and must not be divulged to any person or organization inquiring about such records. Requests for information concerning an applicant’s personal background, address, travel plans, etc. should be referred to:

Passport Services Washington, D.C. 20524.

Statistical data concerning passport applications handled by the Clerk’s office, not including any information about specific applications, may be released. (i.e.: How many passport applications have been handled in a certain period, etc.)