PASSPORT BOOK/PASSPORT CARD | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE - BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS

Issues passports to U.S. citizens, handles questions about passports, offers information about how to obtain a passport, and provides the status of pending passports. Offers the traditional passport book for international travel by air, land, and sea, as well as a less expensive passport card for land and sea travel only between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean.

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211 Cleveland

Physical Address

2201 C St. Nw, Washington, DC 20520

Hours

Phone for information M-F: 8:00am-10:00pm; Sa: 10:00am-3:00pm to speak to representative or 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for automated information. Passport agencies' hours vary by site and are closed on federal holidays.

Voice

(877) 487-2778

Toll-Free | National Passport Information Center

Application process

First-time passport applicants must apply in person at a passport agency or through an agent located at some post offices and courts. For a passport agency location in Cuyahoga, Medina, and all other counties phone the toll-free National Passport Information Center line or go to the Website iafdb.travel.state.gov to search for local offices by ZIP code. In Geauga County, the Geauga Clerk of Courts is the only passport agency: walk-in for service M: 9:00am-5:00pm, Tu-F: 8:00am-4:00pm. Passport renewal can be done via mail; go to Web site for instructions.

Fee

Fixed fee for passports.

Eligibility

Serves United States Citizens.

Agency info

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE - BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS

Formulates and implements policies relating to immigration and consular services. Advises and supports United States Embassies and Consulates in matters such as deaths, arrests, robberies, citizenship and nationality, federal benefits, notarization of documents, international parental child abduction, and international adoptions. Provides information and travel advisories concerning conditions in other countries. Issues passports to United States citizens and immigrant and non-immigrant visas.