1. Passport Application Form DS-11 (unsigned)

• Application forms are availalbe at our office 127 McGuffey Hall.
• Printable applications are also available online at www.travel.state.gov

 

2. 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 Copy of your 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 orginal documentation wil be mailed back to you by the State Department.

 

3. Proof of Identity (one of the following)

• A valid Driver’s License or State-issued Identification Card
• Miami ID
• Government or Military Identification

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.

 

4. Two identical passport photos (available at Gaskill Hall, see tab above)

Photos must be:

• Identical
• 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 prescription glasses, a hearing device, wig or similar articles, they should be worn for your picture
  • Dark glasses or nonprescription glasses with tinted lenses are not acceptable unless you need them for medical reasons (a medical certificate may be required)

 

5. Passport fees (see tab above)

 

 

Passport Fees

Fee Type	Passport Fee Check/Money Order Payable to: "U.S. Department of State"	Execution Fee Check/Money Order Payable to: "Miami University"
Passport Book
Age 16 & Older	$75.00	$25.00
Under Age 16	$60.00	$25.00
Passport Card
Age 16 & Older	$20.00	$25.00
Under Age 16	$10.00	$25.00
Card & Book
Age 16 & Older	$95.00	$25.00
Under Age 16	$70.00	$25.00
Additional Optional Fees
Expedited Service is an additional $60 per application that is to be included in check/money order payable to U. S. Department of State
One Way overnight fee of $14.96 can be included with the check/money order payable to U. S. Department of State
An Additional one way overnight fee of $17.50 can be included in the payment to Miami University to have their application Express mailed to the Passport Facility

 

* The passport card is a wallet-size card that can only be used for land and sea travel between the United States and Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda. Applicants applying for both the passport book and card simultaneously pay only one execution fee.

 

 

Passport photo services are available on campus at the Print Center

100 Gaskill Hall
8 am to 9 pm, Mon.-Fri.
(Summer hours 8 am to 5 pm)
A set of two is $5

 

Photos are also available off campus at:

AAA/Travel Unlimited
102 W. High St, Oxford

Wal Mart
5720 College Corner Pike, Oxford

CVS
123 West Spring Street, Oxford

Walgreens
200 South Locust street, Oxford

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