If you are wondering where to get a passport, you are not alone.
Many travelers are confronted with the issue of getting a passport now
that travel regulations are stricter than ever.
The first step is
to get all of your paperwork in order. Make sure you have your
government or state-issued I.D., proof of your citizenship, passport
photos, and your completed application (it can be downloaded from the
U.S. Department of State).
The most obvious place to get a
passport is at a U.S. Passport Agency. You can find them in New York,
Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Honolulu,
Philadelphia, Boston, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, and Washington D.C.
If
these cities are not convenient for you, then you will be happy to know
that passport acceptance centers are far more common. In fact, with the
assistance of the website for the U.S. Department of State, these
centers are simple to find.
The site's search engine will ask you
to provide your city, state, and zip code, as well as the radius that
you would like to search. In addition, you can choose to display only
handicap accessible facilities, or those that offer passport photo
services.
Once you enter your search criteria, a list will appear.
It will consist mostly of post offices and clerks of court in your
chosen location that accept passport applications.
The United
States Postal Service offers a similar search engine. Here, you can
limit your search to post offices, and you can obtain the exact address
of every post office that can take your application.
If time is of
the essence, you can have your passport expedited. You must go to a
U.S. Passport Agency, however, and it will be slightly more expensive.
More
travelers are obtaining their passports now than at any other time in
history. If you are one of these people, you know how intimidating the
process can be. Fortunately, there are many places throughout the
country that will accept your application with ease.
C.L. Hendricks has been a Jill-of-all-trades and become an expert
in some. She has also traveled extensively and now writes about travel
destinations around the world for How to Get a Passport
[http://www.how-to-get-a-passport.com] and other travel sites as Web Content Provider.
