As required by Public Law 106-113
Effective July 2, 2001
Requires Both Parents' Signatures
Both parents or child's legal guardian
must:
- Present evidence of child's U.S. citizenship and
- Present evidence that they are the parents or guardian and
- Show valid personal identification and
- Sign and take oath before and authorized passport acceptance agent.
- The parent consent form must be notarized.
If the second parent is not available to sign,
the appearing parent must:
- Do the above and
- Present evidence that he/she has:
- sole legal custody of the child or
- written, notarized consent of the other parent for the issuance of the passport or
- written statement explaining why non-applying parent's consent cannot be obtained.
If no parent is available to sign, the third-party in
loco parentis must:
Appear with a notarized written statement or
affidavit from both parents or custodial parent(s) authorizing the third-party to apply for passport. When
the statement or affidavit is from only one parent, the third-party must present evidence of sole custody
of the authorizing parent.
The law requires that all applications be
signed under oath under penalty of perjury.
The most efficient way to apply for a child under age 14
is to present the required documentation and
- For both parents to appear at the time of application, or
- If only one parent can apply, that applying parent/guardian has the additional documentation required
for a single-signature application at the time of application.
Incomplete submissions will delay passport issuance.
Click here for examples of acceptable evidence.
For more information: Visit travel.state.gov
or
Call the National Passport Information Center at
(900) 225-5674 or
if using a credit card, (888) 362-8668
This is a fee-for-service call, not funded by tax dollars.
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