I was well acquainted with the gag ...
I was well acquainted with the gag that if you look like
your passport picture you need a vacation. But I was
unprepared for the preponderance of thug-like pictures
I found in the course of processing them.
~ Frances G. Knight, Director US Passport Division
US passport application forms can be obtained at major post offices, courthouses or federal passport offices in larger metropolitan areas. You can also download an application from the State Department at http://
travel.state.gov. Apply two or three months before your trip. The site
above also offers tons of information, including a very useful Consular
Information Sheet that contains special safety or health alerts.
Canadians can apply at the Central Passport Office in Ottawa,
800/567-6868. For Brits it’s the London Passport Office, 0171-
271-3000.
US Passport Agencies
If you didn’t leave it until the last minute, apply for an American passport
through your local Clerk of Court or post office. Federal Passport
Agencies tend to have long lines during the busiest months.
BOSTON
Thomas P. O’Neill Federal Building
10 Causeway Street, Suite 247
Boston, MA 02222-1094
Open 9 am-4 pm
Region: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
upstate New York and Vermont
CHICAGO
Kluczynski Federal Building
230 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 380
Chicago, IL 60604-1564
Open 9 am-4 pm
Region: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin
HONOLULU
First Hawaiian Tower
1132 Bishop Street, Suite 500
Honolulu, HI 96813-2809
Open 9 am-4 pm
. (808) 522-8283
Region: American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam, Hawaii and Northern Mariana Islands
HOUSTON
Mickey Leland Federal Building
1919 Smith Street, Suite 1100
Houston, TX 77002-8049
Open 8 am-3 pm
Region: Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas
LOS ANGELES
Federal Building
11000 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 13100
Los Angeles, CA 90024-3615
Open 8 am-3 pm
Region: California (all counties south of and including San Luis
Obispo, Kern and San Bernardino) and Nevada (Clark County
only)
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MIAMI
Claude Pepper Federal Office Building
51 SW First Avenue, 3rd Floor
Miami, FL 33120-1680
Open 9 am-4 pm
Region: Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, South Carolina
and US Virgin Islands
NATIONWIDE
31 Rochester Avenue
Portsmouth, NH 03801-2900
Open 9 am-4 pm
Handles applications for passports by mail (Form DSP-82).
NEW ORLEANS
Postal Services Building
701 Loyola Avenue, Suite T-12005
New Orleans, LA 70113-1931
Open 9 am-4 pm
Region: Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, North Carolina, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia (except
DC suburbs)
NEW YORK
Rockefeller Center
630 Fifth Avenue, Suite 270
New York, NY 10111-0031
Open 7:30 am-3 pm
. (212) 399-5290
Region: New York City and Long Island
Note: New York Passport Agency accepts only emergency applications
from those leaving within two weeks.
PHILADELPHIA
US Custom House
200 Chestnut Street, Room 103
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2970
Open 9 am-4 pm
Region: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia
SAN FRANCISCO
95 Hawthorne Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Open 9 am-4 pm
Region: Arizona, California (all counties north of and including
Monterey, Kings, Oulare and Inyo), Nevada (except Clark Co.) and
Utah
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SEATTLE
Henry Jackson Federal Building
915 Second Avenue, Suite 992
Seattle, WA 98174-1091
Open 8 am-3 pm
Region: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska,
North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming
STAMFORD
One Landmark Square
Broad and Atlantic Streets
Stamford, CT 06901-2667
Open 9 am-4 pm
Region: Connecticut and Westchester County (New York)
WASHINGTON
1111 19th Street, N.W., Room 300
Washington, DC 20522-1705
Open 8 am-3 pm
Region: Maryland, northern Virginia (including Alexandria, and
Arlington and Fairfax counties) and the District of Columbia
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