There are all sorts of scenarios where your might need to get a passport (passport) replacement very rapidly. Your old one might have expired and then all of a sudden your daughter overseas gives birth a month early. Someone in your family might become seriously ill or have an accident. Alternatively, something might crop at work that means you need to get on a plane in a hurry. If your existing passport is lost or stolen, you may need to get an emergency passport replacement.

Report Lost Passport

A stolen or lost passport is required to be immediately reported. If you are within the United States of America, you may report it over the phone to the State Department, who has a toll-free telephone number for this purpose. If you are in a foreign country, you must contact the local American Embassy or Consulate. After you have made the telephone call, you must then complete and sign a Form DS-64, Statement Regarding a Lost or Stolen Passport. This form may be downloaded from the US Government website, from a passport agency or from an Acceptance Facility.

DS-64 Form

You must use black ink to fill in Form DS-64 and you must complete it legibly. Answer all questions as precisely and completely as you can. If you give false information, you may be fined or receive a custodial sentence. A different form is needed for a passport renewal application.

Necessary Forms

After you complete the form DS-64, the next thing you need to do is to fill in Form DS-11, Application for a United States Passport. This may be obtained over the Internet, from an Acceptance Facility or from a passport Agency. You will need to answer some basic questions, fill in your contact details, the names of your parents and simple information about what you look like. You will need to answer questions about what country you intend to visit, any previous names by which you may have been known in the past, whether you have had a previous passport. You will also be asked to provide emergency contact details.

Hand Delivered Forms

Do not sign Form DS-11 until you have been requested to do so by an Acceptance agent. This form cannot be sent in the mail but must be submitted in person to a passport agency or Acceptance facility. If you need to travel abroad within 2 weeks or if you need the replacement within 4 weeks in order to secure a visa from another country, you may make an apassportointment to be seen at a Regional Passport Agency.

Completed Forms

As well as the DS-11 form, you must bring proof of American citizenship. This can be in the form of a consular report of birth overseas, proof of naturalization or a certified copy of your birth certificate. This will bear a multicolored, raised or embossed seal as well as the signature of the Registrar.

Identification

Along with Form DS-11 and evidence of citizenship, you will need to bring a form of identification. This may be a previously issued, undamaged US passport,valid driver’s license, naturalization certificate, government or military ID. You will also need a photocopy of your identification, a passport photograph and to pay the relevant fee.

Getting a hold of an emergency United States passport replacement is fairly easy. It is good to know that this can be done in a hurry. Once you have it, it is a good idea to make a copy or at least make a note somewhere of the number, in case you need it again. Sometimes all you need is a expedited passport renewal application.

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