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Please do not make any travel arrangements unless you have valid travel documents. Currently, it takes three to four weeks to process a routine passport application, but we cannot guarantee that your documents will be ready when you desire to travel.
Beginning March 26, 2004 all applicants under the age of 26 applying for a passport must appear at the Consulate. If you are an American citizen but have never had a U.S. passport, you must come to the Consulate in person to submit a passport application. Along with your application form, you must submit evidence of your U.S. citizenship and your identity. To prove citizenship, you should bring an original U.S. birth certificate, Consular Report of Birth Abroad, or Certificate of Naturalization. To prove your identity, you should bring a U.S. or foreign driver’s license or a foreign passport or identity card.
Passport requirements for children under 14 have changed. Please review these carefully. If your child was born overseas, you must register his or her birth before a passport can be issued. However, you can apply for a Report of Birth Abroad and a U.S. passport at the same time.
The following is required for renewing your U.S. passport:
AN APPLICATION FORM
If you are a first-time applicant, replacing a lost, stolen, or mutilated passport, or renewing an expired passport that was issued more than 15 years ago, you must submit Form DS-11. You must apply in person.
2 PHOTOGRAPHS
You must submit 2 recent photographs, taken within the last 6 months. Photos should be two by two inches, front view, on a white background.
PASSPORT FEE
Adults applying for a first time passport, replacing a lost, stolen or mutilated passport, or renewing a passport more than 15 years old must pay $85 US Dollars.
Children under 16 years of age applying for first time passports must pay $70 US Dollars. If you are replacing lost, stolen or mutilated passports, or renewing a passport more than 15 years old must pay $85 US Dollars.
You may also pay in Israeli shekels. Payment can be made in cash or credit card only. No personal checks accepted.
The current exchange rate is $1.00 U.S.D = 4.8 NIS.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
Please note that Federal Tax Law requires applicants to enter their social security numbers on their passport applications. If you have never applied for a social security number, enter zeros instead. If you do not know your social security number, you can call the Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213 from the USA or 1-880-772-1213 from Israel or the Palestinian Authority.
For other passport information, downloadable application forms, locations to conveniently apply, a list of all Regional Passport Agencies, and a wealth of other passport and travel information, customers may visit the Bureau of Consular Affairs website at http://travel.state.gov. Customers may also call the National Passport Information Center at 1-900-225-5674 or, with a major credit card, at 1-888-362-8668.
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