How to Change Your Name in Your Passport


 

How to Change Your Name in Your Valid U.S. Passport
  IF:
Then:
Your name has been legally changed due to marriage or a court order within one year from the date of issuance of passport,

Send a completed form DS-5504, Application for a U.S. Passport: Name Change, Data Correction, and Limited Passport Book Replacement Form, a certified copy of your marriage certificate or your name change court decree, two recent color photographs (2” by 2”), and your current valid passport to the address listed on the form.

Photocopies and notarized copies are not acceptable
for passport purposes.

Click here to fill out and print form DS-5504

If your name has changed by other means and/or it has been more than one year from the date of issuance of the passport, you must submit a DS-82 renewal application and pay all applicable fees.  See Renewal for information on the DS-82.

 
 
NOTE: There is no fee for this service unless you

require expedited service.
(see How do I get my passport in a hurry?)

 

Most Passport Agencies now accept applications only by appointment. Click here for more information.

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