Passport Services for Adults and Minors

Passport services are available at the Consulate General’s American Citizen Services Unit from 1:00pm to 3:30pm, Saturday through Wednesday. Please note that we can accept payment in cash only (either U.S. dollars or Saudi riyals).

Passport services are available by appointment.

Please find application forms and instructions here. Please find Photo Composition Template here.

Please note that applications must be printed out on individual, single-sided sheets. Double-sided applications cannot be accepted.

Children under age 16, first-time applicants, and persons who have never been issued a ten-year validity passport must apply in person on form DS-11.

If you do not have to appear in person please sumbit a DS-82 for passport by mail.

Adding Pages to Your Passport

The Consular Section can add extra pages to your passport if you are out of blank visa pages.  Please submit a completed, signed application form DS-4085 with the passport and the fee of $82 (or 312 SR) and allow one working day for processing. For children under 16 years of age, a parent must print their name and sign the application for the child. It is not necessary for an applicant to appear in person at the Consulate to add pages; a courier may submit the passport on your behalf.  Please note that no more than 3 sets of extension pages will be added to a passport.

Special Notice to Parents of Children Under 16

For children under the age of 16, both parents must consent to the first-time passport application and any passport renewals.  They may do so by appearing in person with the child and signing the application in the presence of a consular officer.  They should bring signed photo identification in English. If one parent is not able to appear, the other parent must bring a notarized statement with the absent parent's consent ( DS-3053 ), as well as a copy of identification for the absent parent.  The application should be accompanied by a birth certificate showing the names of both parents.  If one parent has complete custody, he/she should bring an original copy of the custody order.

Note:  These rules do not apply to adding passport pages to a minor’s passport. 

The Consular Section receives passport applications and sends them electronically to the U.S. for processing. Most passports are returned from the U.S. within two weeks.  We ask that American citizens renew their passports in a timely manner, at least two or three months before the passport is due to expire.  Although we can issue passports in emergencies, such passports will be limited in validity and must be exchanged for a U.S. printed passport when the emergency travel is completed.