The procedures and places for getting a passport vary according
to an individual's requirements. It all depend on whether the passport
you are applying for is your first one or whether you are merely getting
your old passport renewed, or whether your passport is lost or stolen.
Your passport source may also depend on the kind of work that you are
doing. For example, if you are a diplomat or a government official then
the procedure involved in your getting a passport and the place that
will issue your passport will be entirely different from the case of a
tourist.
Usually, if you are applying for your passport for the
first time then you will have to apply in person. The same applies for
those whose passports are lost, stolen or damaged, or those whose
passports expired more than fifteen years ago, or those who need to
renew a passport which they got made when they were sixteen years of age
or less. If you have changed your name, which is mentioned, in your
passport even then it is mandatory to apply in person.
There are a
number of centers in the various American states where you can easily
go and apply for your new passport. Passport application centers also
have special facilities for individuals suffering with some handicap.
Most of the centers even have a photo-on-site facility or photo-nearby
facility.
Those American citizens who reside outside the country
will have to visit the American consulates in their host countries and
also inquire about the passport regulations in the host countries to
know about the exact procedures that they might have to follow in order
to acquire a new passport. Diplomats and government officials need to
apply in Washington DC to get their no-fee special passports.
The
American government is constantly striving to make the passport
acquiring procedure easier. They also want to save people from the
threat that various agencies claiming to issue passports pose to the
general security of the people.
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