Passport Acceptance Agents

Who is a Passport Acceptance Agent?

Acceptance Agents are located at post offices and county clerks offices around the country. They exist to check your identity and validate your documents at the local level prior to you sending your application in for processing by us.   Federal law requires all New Passports, Child Passports, Lost Passports, and Damaged Passports to be verified by an acceptance agent prior to you overnighting the documents to us.

How do I know if the Acceptance Agent is doing the job properly?

Make sure the acceptance agent has done this before and seems to understand how the process works.  They should know exactly how to sign, stamp, and seal your documents in the security envelope prior to you shipping everything to us.  If you get the sense that they are unsure of how to do this, please stop them immediately, leave that  facility, and go to a different acceptance agent who knows what they are doing.  If they mess up their job, it will cause your application to be rejected by the US State Department and everyone will have to start over.

How do I find a Passport Acceptance Agent?

Go to this site so search for your nearest Acceptance Agent: http://iafdb.travel.state.gov/DefaultForm.aspx