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The 48HourPassport.com Help Center brings together practical information about U.S. passports, urgent passport processing, government requirements, and international travel.
Whether you are applying for your first passport, renewing, replacing a lost passport, preparing a child’s application, or trying to understand an unusual passport situation, this is the place to start.
Find information for the major passport application types:
Each passport situation has different requirements. Make sure you are following the procedure that applies to your application.
Learn how passport processing works and what different timeframes mean.
Helpful resources include:
Urgent Passport Agency processing normally applies when international travel is within two weeks.
If your destination requires you to obtain a foreign visa before travel, qualifying travel may be within four weeks.
Small mistakes can cause unnecessary delays.
Before submitting an application, review information about:
Different passport situations require different government forms.
Used for first-time passports and other applications requiring an in-person appearance before an Acceptance Agent.
Used by applicants who qualify to renew an adult passport.
Used when reporting a valid U.S. passport lost or stolen.
Used for parental consent in certain child-passport applications.
Used for certain passport corrections and qualifying name changes.
Use the form that applies to your particular passport situation.
Applicants using Form DS-11 normally must appear personally before an authorized Passport Acceptance Agent.
The Acceptance Agent:
For qualifying Courier submissions, the Acceptance Agent places the required application materials into a Sealed Government Envelope.
Keep the Sealed Government Envelope sealed.
Passport photographs must meet current U.S. Department of State requirements.
Common problems include:
Review Passport Photo Requirements before submitting your application.
Identity and U.S. citizenship are separate passport requirements.
An applicant may have sufficient proof of citizenship but still need acceptable identification.
Likewise, a driver’s license establishes identity but does not establish U.S. citizenship.
Our Help Center includes information about:
A valid passport is only one part of preparing for international travel.
Our travel resources cover:
Always check the requirements for every country on your itinerary before departure.
If international travel is approaching and you do not have a usable passport, visit our Emergency Passport Services section.
Emergency resources cover situations including:
The Emergency Passport Services page serves as the umbrella for these specialized urgent-travel pages.
Several organizations may be involved in an urgent passport application, and their roles are different.
Executes certain DS-11 applications.
Handles qualifying expedited submission through the Passport Agency process.
Reviews the application and determines whether a U.S. passport will be issued.
48HourPassport.com helps customers understand how these pieces fit together.
Some of the most useful pages in this Help Center include:
Start with your age, whether you currently have a passport, when that passport was issued, its condition, and your international departure date.
A Passport Specialist can help determine which procedure applies.
No.
Applicants using Form DS-11 normally need an Acceptance Agent. Eligible DS-82 renewal applicants generally do not.
International travel normally must be within two weeks.
If a foreign visa must be obtained before departure, qualifying travel may be within four weeks.
No.
Our urgent service is designed to achieve approximately 2–3 days of Passport Agency processing, plus return shipping time.
The U.S. Department of State.
48HourPassport.com is a private passport-expediting service and does not issue U.S. passports.
Review the relevant Help Center page or call a Passport Specialist before submitting the application.
For official U.S. government passport information:
U.S. Department of State — U.S. Passports
https://travel.state.gov/en/passports.html
U.S. Department of State — International Travel
https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel.html
48HourPassport.com operates through Legal Passport LLC, which has provided passport and travel-document assistance since 1994.
Our goal is straightforward: give travelers accurate information, help them prepare the correct passport application, and reduce preventable mistakes when time matters.
If you are unsure which passport procedure applies to you:
Call 833-220-0002
Email: service@48hourpassport.com
Tell us what passport you currently have, if any, and when you are traveling internationally.
A Passport Specialist can help determine the appropriate next step.
48HourPassport.com is a division of Legal Passport LLC.