How to Get a Passport in Another State

Identify the Passport Acceptance Facility. Through the State Department website you may search for a facility based on address. Often a Passport Acceptance Facility will be at the local Post Office or County Clerks Office.

Obtain and complete the application for a passport, which is the form DS-11. This form is for first time applicants only and can be downloaded from the State Department website. Clearly complete each required section and sign the application.

Organize the necessary citizenship and identification documents. Applicants must submit documentation such as a birth certificate as evidence of citizenship. If a birth certificate is not available, secondary evidence can be accepted as well. An applicant that presents identification issued by a state outside the state in which the passport acceptance facility resides (i.e a New Hampshire driver's license at a facility in New York) must also submit an additional form of valid identification containing the applicants name, date of birth and a photograph. Applicants that have federal or military issued identification, regardless of their state of residence or driver's license, do not need to submit additional forms of identification.

Obtain a photograph. First time applicant are required to submit a 2 inch by 2 inch frontal photograph. Photographs must be recent and unobstructed (no hats, headgear or nonprescription sunglasses). Individuals who normally wear prescription glasses, hearing devices or wigs should wear them in the photo.

Visit the Passport Acceptance Facility. Applicants must apply in person at the facility and submit the application, the required documentation and $135 in payment for the fees. If approved, a passport will issued and mailed within 4-6 weeks. Any original documents submitted with the application will be returned with the new passport.