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Passport Checklist for Applicants

(Payments made at appointment. Other items must be completed prior to appointment.)

 

2 Required Payments

• 1^st payment: U.S. Department of State (Check or Money Order only.)

• 2^nd payment: WKU Passport Services (Check, Money Order, or Cash.)

 

  Passport Application Form DS-11 (Filled out & unsigned)

• Printable applications are available online at travel.state.gov

• Application forms are available at our office in DSU.

 

Proof of U.S. Citizenship (one of the following)

• Previous valid undamaged U.S. passport.

• If you were born in the U.S., a Certified Birth Certificate issued by the state, city, or county of your birth. A Certified Copy will have a raised, embossed, impressed, or multicolored seal and the date the certificate was filed. Hospital Birth Certificates are not acceptable.

NOTE: we will send your original documentation with your application. Your original documentation will be mailed back to you by the State Department.

 

Proof of Identity

• Valid Kentucky driver's license – if your license is not from Kentucky a second photo identification card is also required.

For children under age 16, the child and both parents or legal guardian(s) must appear in person and present the following:

• Evidence of the child’s U.S. citizenship

• Evidence of the child’s relationship to parents/guardian(s) AND Parental/guardian identification

If only one parent appears, you must also submit one of the following:

• Second parent’s notarized written statement consenting to issuance for the child.

• Primary evidence of sole authority to apply.

• A written statement (made under penalty of perjury) explaining the second parent’s unavailability.

 

Passport Photo (We offer passport photos onsite)

Photos must be:

• In color

• 2 x 2 inches in size

• Taken within the past 6 months, showing current appearance

• Full face, front view with a plain white or off-white background

• Between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head

• Taken in normal street attire:

  • Uniforms should not be worn in photographs except religious attire that is worn daily
  • Do not wear a hat or headgear that obscures the hair or hairline
  • If you normally wear a hearing device, wig or similar articles, they should be worn for your picture
  • Glasses are not acceptable unless you need them for medical reasons (a medical certificate may be required)