Please review the following SIX STEPS before beginning your application. 

Before You Start, please

• Review the information in the "Three Most Forgotten Items"box in the upper right hand corner of this page.     

Step 1 - Complete form DS-11, Application for a U.S. Passport:

Applicants applying in person must complete the passport application form DS-11.  Please ignore pages one and two of the printed instruction pages, as they do not apply when applying for your passport in the United Kingdom. Follow the instructions on this page. Form DS-11 must be printed on separate sheets of paper; do NOT print this form on front and back of the same sheet. If you experience trouble with the Passport Application Wizard, click here for Form DS-11 [PDF - 1,004kb]. 

TIPS for applicants applying in the United Kingdom is available here. 

Note: If you are applying for the first passport for a child under the age of 18 who was born overseas and the birth has not been registered with a U.S. Embassy or Consulate, you must report the child's birth before applying for the passport.  You may apply for the child's passport at the same time you report the birth. 

Step 2 - Present evidence of U.S. Citizenship:

When applying for a U.S. passport in person, applicants must furnish evidence of U.S. Citizenship with Form DS-11.  All documentation presented as evidence will be returned to applicants.

Applicants must present their most recent United States passport. 

Photo age progression - Passport renewals for children whose most recent passport was issued under the age of 5 should present one to two photographs per year of the child from the age in the previous passport to the present age.    

Step 3 - Present proof of identity

Applicants should be prepared to present:

• Any foreign passport that you may currently hold, have held, or been included in;

• If you have changed your name since your proof of citizenship was issued, you will be required to furnish name change documentation.  Please follow this link for additional information about name changes. 

Step 4 - Pay the applicable fee

The application fee for an applicant under the age of 16 is U.S. $105.00.  Payment is made on the day of the appointment.  Accepted payment methods are:

• Credit card - Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, or Diners Club, or Debit card - Visa or Mastercard only; 
• International Money Order to the exact U.S. dollar amount made payable to the "United States Disbursing Officer";
• Banker's Draft drawn in U.S. dollars only on a bank in the United States made payable to the "United States Disbursing Officer"; and
• If applying for the service in London or Belfast, cash - either dollars or UK sterling;

Please note:  We are not authorized to accept personal checks. Money Orders or Banker's Drafts must have been issued within the last five months.   The fee is a non-refundable processing fee and is retained by the Department of State whether or not the passport is issued.

Step 5 - Passport Photographs

Applicants must provide one passport photograph: We will reject any photographs that do not meet the specified requirements. Vending machine photographs and photographs printed on a home computer are unacceptable.

Step 6 - Scheduling the Appointment

You are required to apply for the passport in person through a pre-arranged appointment.   On scheduling an appointment, you will receive a Confirmation Sheet.  Please print this page and bring it with you to the interview.   

If you reside in England or Wales and will be applying for a passport service at the U.S. Embassy in London, please follow this link for further detailed information.

If you reside in Northern Ireland and will be applying for a passport service at the U.S. Consulate General in Belfast, please follow this link for further detailed information.

If you reside in Scotland and will be applying for a passport service at the U.S. Consulate in Edinburgh, please follow this link for further detailed information.  

Important Notice - Parental Consent

All children under the age of 16 are required to appear at the Embassy or Consulate with both parents for all passport services.  If only one parent is able to attend with the child, please see "Äpplication by One Parent"below.

Two Parent Consent:  In addition to the requirements listed above, you will be required to submit parents' photo identification.  Parents accompanying their child to the Embassy must submit their valid U.S. or foreign passport; and proof of parentage in the form of one of the following:

• U.S. state birth certificate (either vital statistics or Department of Health) with parents'names;
• Certified foreign birth certificate (with parents'names and translation, if necessary);
• Consular Report of Birth Abroad (Form-240) (with parents names);
• Certification of Birth Abroad (Form DS-1350) (with parents names);
• Adoption Decree (with adopting parents names) as well as amended State birth certificate listing adoptive parents names;
• Court Order establishing custody; or
• Court Order establishing guardianship.

Note:  If your name is not the same as your child's last name or the name listed on your proof of parentage, you must submit documentation that will link your names or link you to the child (marriage/divorce certificate, court order).

Application by One Parent:  If only one parent is able to appear, one of the following will be required in addition to forms and documents listed for the passport application:

• Form DS-3053 (Statement of Consent) completed by the absent parent must be notarized before a U.S. Notary Public, British Notary Public, or British Solicitor. The notary or solicitor must place his/her official seal upon the document. American Embassies and Consulates abroad can also notarize Form DS-3053 (Statement of Consent) and be no more than 3 months old; and one fo the following:
• Valid U.S. or foreign passport or a good notarized photocopy of the identity and signature pages';
• Valid driver's license;
• Valid military id;
• Valid U.S. government id;
• Certification of Naturalization or Citizenship from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services with photograph; or
• Alien Resident Card from USCIS (green card).

Important Notice: the written consent from the non-applying parent that accompanies an application for a new passport must be less than 3 months old.  If not available, you will be required to furnish evidence of the appearing parent's sole authority to apply for the passport in the form of one of the following:

• Consular Report of Birth Abroad (Form FS-240) or Certification of Birth Abroad (Form DS-1350) listing only applying parent;
• Child's birth certificate listing only applicant parent;
• Adoption decree (if applying parent is sole adopting parent);
• Court Order granting sole custody to the applying parent (i.e the absent parent has no access to the child.  Child's travel must not be restricted by that order;
• Judicial declaration of incompetence of non-applying parent; or
• Death certificate of non-applying parent.