Getting Your Passport
If you currently possess a passport, but it expires within 6 months after the date of the trip, some countries have been known to not allow visitors to enter. Please make sure you renew your passport if your passport fits this description. It can take 6-8 weeks to get your passport, so it is vital that you apply for your passport as soon as possible (now!). Passport applications can be picked up at a local post office or downloaded at http://www.travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html. Passport renewal and change forms can be acquired in the same locations. Follow the instructions on the form. The applicant must appear before his/her local passport agency (usually postmaster or clerk of court) for the signing and witnessing of the application. You can find your local passport agency on the internet at http://www.iafdb.travel.state.gov. Your completed passport application, two passport photos, passport fees and state birth certificate/or old passport will be collected by your local passport office and forwarded to the nearest US Passport Processing Center. You should receive your passport within 6-8 weeks from the date that you apply for your passport. If you run out of time: Call a local private passport expediting service company (Google it); OR call the Washington Passport Service Company at 1.800.272.7776. Additional fees are required for these services. You may also need a copy of your confirmed tickets or a travel itinerary from the NEXT Worldwide office. |
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