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The following information is for persons who will apply for their passports at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate within Japan. For information on applying for a passport in the United States, please click here.
The Embassy and our Consulates provide a wide range of passport services to Americans in Japan. For most adults, many of these services are available without the need to come to our offices.
The rules on how to apply for a U.S. passport have changed, requiring more people to apply in person and allowing fewer people to apply by mail. Under the new rules, only adults who were issued a ten year passport on or after their 16th birthday may apply for a renewal passport by mail. All others must appear in person. This change is effective worldwide immediately and is not specific to Japan.
Note that whether you apply by mail, or in person, for a renewal passport, we always cancel and return your old passport to you. This makes it easier to renew your Japanese visa, as well as giving you the old passport to help you remember your travels.
Please choose a category below to begin!
- I'm a new born baby and need a first passport, birth registration and Social Security Number
- I'm a minor under age 16;
- I'm age 16 or older (including adults) without a full validity passport issued at age 16 or older, or a first time adult applicant, or otherwise required to apply in person
- I have a full validity passport issued to me at age 16 or older and would like to renew my passport by mail
- I'd like to add additional pages to my existing passport;
- I've lost my passport, or it was damaged, or it was stolen;
- I just got married and would like to change my name in my passport.
- I just received my new passport and noticed there was a printing error that I would like to have corrected.
- My passport is limited and I'd like to extend it. If your passport is valid for five years or more, it cannot be extended. Please apply for a new passport instead.
- I'm active duty U.S. military in Japan and traveling only to the U.S.
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- I Need DNA Testing Information
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Under Section 51.70 (a) (8) of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a passport, except for direct return to the United States, will not be issued in any case in which the applicant has been certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as notified by a state agency to be in arrears of child support in an amount exceeding $2,500.00. Your passport will be revoked if you fall under this regulation, including when you apply for additional pages, seek a renewal or process a Report of Birth application.
Please direct any questions to the appropriate State child support enforcement agency. You may go to the Department of Health and Human Services - State Child Support Enforcement Web Site for a listing of HHS state and local agencies.
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