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PROCEDURE FOR REPLACEMENT
OF MUTILATED PASSPORT

Please follow the procedure accordingly to avoid processing delay. An incomplete or incorrectly completed application will delay the issuance of the passport.

In order to have your passport expedited (less than 30-day service), you must have the following documents executed by a Passport Acceptance Agent (either an authorized Main Branch U.S. Post Office or Local Clerk of the Court).

Each applicant must make a personal appearance before a clerk at the Post Office or Courthouse authorized to execute passport applications. For the list of Passport Acceptance Facility authorized to execute passport applications in your area, please click here.  This is for verification of identity and determination of passport eligibility.

 All the documents would be officially sealed in an envelope by an authorized Passport Acceptance Agent, which you need to ship to Travel the World Visas for hand carrying it to the U.S. Passport Agency. This envelope must have the certified seal of the Post Office or Courthouse in order for our company to submit the application to the Passport Agency.

NOTE: DO NOT LEAVE THE OFFICIAL SEALED ENVELOPE WITH THE CLERK AT THE POST OFFICE OR COURTHOUSE. DO NOT OPEN THE OFFICIAL SEALED ENVELOPE, ONLY PASSPORT PERSONNEL ARE AUTHORIZED TO OPEN THE SEALED ENVELOPE.

Please present the following to the Passport Acceptance Agent:

1. Proof of U.S. Citizenship - Must provide ONE of the following:

   1. Previous U.S. Passport

   2. Certified Birth Certificate issued by state, county or city with raised seal

      (if born in US)

   3. Certificate of Citizenship or FS-240, DS-1350 (if born outside the US)

   4. Certificate of Naturalization issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service
       

2. One Passport Application Form (DS-11)* completed and signed in front of the Passport Acceptance Agent. Do not sign the application until asked to do so or you will have to fill out another. NOTE: Highly recommended by the U.S. Passport Agency that you fill out the DS-11 application form on-line, click here.  After you complete the form on-line, please print (MUST be signed in front of a Passport Acceptance Agent).

    

   *IMPORTANT: New Passport Agency Requirement effective December 2004

   Before you go to the Post Office or Courthouse, please photocopy the DS-11 form that you filled out and fax it to 530-579-3315.  It is required that you fax this completely filled out form to Travel the World Visas and submit a photocopy of your completed application DS-11 for inclusion in the Fedex or UPS Envelope, paper-clipped to the outside of the sealed envelope.

    

3. Mutilated Passport
    

4. Two recent original passport size photographs (2” x 2”) on a white or clear background (click here for the regulations for acceptable passport-type photograph)
    

5. Signed letter of authorization.  Must have an Original Signature.

6. Signed statement addressed to the "U.S. Passport Agency" explaining why and how the current passport was mutilated. 

7. Proof of Identity.  You may prove your identity with any one of these, if you are recognizable:

    

    
   • Previous U.S. passport (mutilated, altered, or damaged passports are not acceptable as proof of identity.)
   • Naturalization Certificate
   • Current, valid
     • Driver's license
     • Government ID: city, state or federal
     • Military ID: military and dependents

   NOTE:  Your Social Security Card does NOT prove your identity.

   If none of these are available , you will need:

   a) Some signature documents, not acceptable alone as ID

   (ex: a combination of documents, such as your Social Security card, credit card, bank card, library card, etc.)

   AND

   b) A person who can vouch for you. He/she must

   • Have known you for at least 2 years,
   • Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident,
   • Have valid ID, and
   • Fill out a Form DS-71 in the presence of a passport agent.

   
    NOTE: If the identification card presented to the authorized passport agent was issued less than 1 year from the date of the passport execution, please submit copies of additional form of ID.  For the list of additional ID, please click here.

    

8. Proof of Departure (one of the following)

   • Copy of the flight itinerary

   • Copy of the airline ticket
      

9. Government fees paid at the time of execution (Please write your name and date of birth on the check)

   • Rush Processing (Same Day up to 10 Business Day Processing) - EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 2008

     $135.00 Check or Money Order Payable to “ Passport Services” and

     $  25.00 Check or Money Order Payable to “U.S. Postmaster or Clerk of Court"

Service Fee:             $145.00/person/passport – Same Day Processing**

                             $135.00/person/passport – Next Day Processing

                                    $115.00/person/passport – 4 to 5 Business Day Processing

                                    $  85.00/person/passport – 10 Business Day Processing

Return Mail Fee:   $21.00 (1-3 passports)     Overnight Delivery        [     ]

                                    $16.00 (1-3 passports)     2-Day Delivery             [     ]

                                    $10.00 (1-3 passports)     Certified Mail                [     ]

                                    $35.00 (1-3 passports)     Saturday Delivery          [     ]

For Alaska and Hawaii, please add $12.00 on the Return Mail Fee

**MAILING INSTRUCTIONS: FOR PASSPORT APPLICATIONS TO BE PROCESSED SAME DAY: IMPORTANT: Please send your documents by UPS "Early Morning Delivery" OR FedEx "First Overnight" AND call us with your UPS or FedEx tracking number.  YOUR PACKAGE MUST BE IN OUR OFFICE BY 8:00 A.M. FOR SAME DAY PROCESSING.   

  Please send the official sealed envelope (containing all the required documents) together with our Service Order Form, copy of the filled out DSP-11 form*, copy of the Letter of Authorization, copy of the travel itinerary and payment (Money Order, Company Check, Cashier’s Check, American Express, Visa or MasterCard) by FedEx OR UPS to:

TRAVEL THE WORLD VISAS, INC.

1312 18TH STREET NW SUITE #103

WASHINGTON, DC  20036

TOLL-FREE: 1-866–886-8472

LOCAL TEL: 202-223-8822
 FAX:  530-579-3315 

*Must be attached to the outside of the official sealed envelope.

Important information:

The government rules require the sealed envelope to be submitted to the Passport Agency within 5 business days from the day it was officially stamped and sealed by the clerk of the Post Office or Courthouse.

Requirements and fees are subject to change without prior notice. All fees are non-refundable, if your application was denied by the consulate or the Passport Agency, or if you withdraw your application that has already been submitted to the consulate or Passport Agency.

Travel the World Visas acts only as an agent, and accepts no responsibility for the services of any Travel Agent, Consulate, Passport Agency or Embassy in connection with the granting of visas, nor for any delays, loss of passports occasioned by such services or the U.S. Mail. Damage compensation is not available.