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U.S. Citizen Services Fees

U.S. Citizen Services Fees

Passport and Citizenship Services

1. Passport Book or Card Execution: Required for first-time applicants and others who must apply in person (Applicants applying for both the book and card simultaneously on the same application pay only one execution fee.).

$25

2. Passport Book Application Services for:

 

(a) Applicants age 16 or over (including renewals).

$70

(b) Applicants under age 16

$40

(c) Additional passport visa pages

$82

(d) Passport book replacement for name change if submitted within one year of passport issuance.

NO FEE

(e) Passport book replacement for passport book limited in validity if submitted within one year of passport issuance. (Passport books limited in validity because of multiple losses, thefts, damage, or mutilations cannot be replaced).

NO FEE

(f) Passport book replacement for data correction (name, date of birth, place of birth, sex printed erroneously) if submitted within one year of passport issuance.

NO FEE

(g) Passport Book Security Surcharge (Enhanced Border Security Fee).

$40

3. Expedited service: Passport processing within the expedited processing period published on the Department's website (see 22 CFR 51.56(b)) and/or in-person service at a U.S. Passport Agency (not applicable abroad).

$60

4. Exemptions: the following applicants are exempted from all passport fees listed in Item 2 above:

 

(a) Officers or employees of the United States and their immediate family members (22 U.S.C. 214) and Peace Corps Volunteers and Leaders (22 U.S.C. 2504(h)) proceeding abroad or returning to the United States in the discharge of their official duties.

NO FEE

(b) U.S. citizen seamen who require a passport in connection with their duties aboard an American flag vessel (22 U.S.C. 214(a)).

NO FEE

(c) Widows, children, parents, or siblings of deceased members of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to visit the graves of such members (22 U.S.C. 214(a)).

NO FEE

(d) Employees of the American National Red Cross proceeding abroad as members of the Armed Forces of the United States (10 U.S.C. 2602(c)).

NO FEE

5. Travel Letter: Provided in rare, life-or-death situations as an emergency accommodation to a U.S. citizen returning to the United States when the consular officer is unable to issue a passport book.

NO FEE unless consular time charges (Item 75) apply

6. File search and verification of U.S. citizenship: When applicant has not presented evidence of citizenship and previous records must be searched (except for an applicant abroad whose passport was stoeln or lost abroad or when one of the exemptions is applicable).

$150

7. Application for Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States.

$100

8. Documentation of formal renunciation of U.S. citizenship.

$450

9. Passport Card Application Services for:

 

(a) Applicants age 16 or over (including renewals) [Adult Passport Card].

$30

(b) Applicants under age 16 [Minor Passport Card].

$15

(c) Passport card replacement for name change if submitted within one year of passport issuance.

NO FEE

(d) Passport card replacement for data correction (name, date of birth, place of birth, sex printed erroneously) if submitted within one year of passport issuance.

NO FEE

(Item 10 vacant.)

 

Overseas Citizens Arrests, Welfare and Whereabouts
and Related Services

11. Arrest and prison visits

NO FEE

12. Assistance regarding the welfare and whereabouts of a U.S. Citizen, including child custody inquiries and processing of repatriation and emergency dietary assistance loans.

NO FEE.

(Item 13 vacant.)

 

Death and Estate Services

14. Assistance to next-of-kin:

 

(a) After the death of a U.S. citizen abroad (providing assistance in disposition of remains, making arrangements for shipping remains, issuing Consular Mortuary Certificate, and providing up to 20 original Consular Reports of Death).

NO FEE

(b) Making arrangements for a deceased non-U.S. citizen family member (providing assistance in shipping or other disposition of remains of a non-U.S. citizen).

$200 plus expenses

15. Issuance of Consular Mortuary Certificate on behalf of a non-U.S. Citizen.

$60

16. Acting as a provisional conservator of estates of U.S. Citizens:

 

(a) Taking possession of personal effects; making an inventory under an official seal (unless significant time and/or expenses incurred).

NO FEE

(b) Overseeing the appraisal, sale, and final disposition of the estate, including disbursing funds, forwarding securities, etc. (unless significant time and/or expenses incurred).

NO FEE

(c) For services listed in Item 16(a) or (b) when significant time and/or expenses are incurred.

Consular time (Item 75) plus expenses.

(Items 17 through 19 vacant.)