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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 27, 2009
Media Contact: Debra Mitchell
debra.j.mitchell@usps.gov

usps.com/news
Release No. 09-131

Effective June 1, 2009 a passport, passport card or other acceptable
documentation is needed for land border crossings and sea travel.

Get Saturday service for new passports at the Page Field Post Office Passport Fair on Saturday, September 19th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This full service fair will offer passport photos and processing of new passport applications. Application for the new passport card priced at $20, good for land border crossings and sea travel will be offered. Appointments are required and can be made by calling 239-277-3352.

Everyone, including newborn infants, is required to obtain a passport in his or her own name. For children under 16, the consent of both parents/guardians is required.

A new passport card has been introduced and facilitates entry at U.S. land and sea ports of entry when arriving from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda. However, it may not be used to travel by air.

  • In order to complete the application process, the following items are required:
  • a completed application (form is available at www.usps.com; do not sign it until instructed to by the passport clerk)
  • proof of identity (a valid permanent state driver’s license, a government ID or military ID, previous passport, Certificate of Citizenship or Naturalization Certificate)
  • proof of U.S. citizenship (previous passport, original or certified birth certificate issued from the state with a raised, embossed, impressed or multicolored seal and the registrar’s signature and date of certificate filing)
  • two official passport photos (passport photo service is available at Page Field)
  • Social Security Number

Department of State fees vary according to age and type. They must be made by money order, check, bank draft, or cashier’s check made payable to the U.S. Department of State; debit and credit card payment is not available. Charges include:

  • the fee for age under 16 passport book is $60
  • the fee for those age 16 and over for passport book is $75
  • the fee for those under age 16 for passport card is $10
  • the fee for those age 16 and over for passport card is $20
  • In addition, the Postal Service charges $25 per application as the processing fee. For this fee a debit or credit card may be used in addition to cash, money order or check made payable to the Postal Service.

For additional information about the passport application process call 239-277-3352.

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