Submit your current government official passport.

The passport must have been issued less than 15 years ago
If you have a valid or expired Second Valid Passport you must also include this passport.

Please send 1 recent professional passport-type photograph
Quality Requirements for Passport Book & Passport Card Photographs
Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.

Copy of itinerary or air tickets showing depdarture date from the U.S. or a letter from your employer stating you have immediate international travel.

Submit a letter from your government agency (on letterhead) stating that an official passport is required for your travel on U.S Government business. This letter must be signed by an authorized representative of the agency other than the applicant. Contractors with the U.S Government must also submit a copy of the government contract.

The US Passport Agency has introduced an Online based application form, this Online style
application must be used in all expediting cases. Failure to use this Online application may cause
delays in processing times.
TIP: This Online application has replaced "Hand Written" applications, YOU ARE NOT APPLYING
ONLINE you are only completing the questions by typing them onto the application.
The last page of the application is a Print summary page, please scroll to the bottom left corner of
this page and CLICK CREATE FORM you will then be able to print and sign your application.

A correctly formatted application should have a BAR CODE on the top left corner, and DS-82 printed
on the bottom left of the application.

You must complete the Online Order Form.

The order form gives TDS your name, address, shipping information and payment method. Multiple applicants can be entered using one order form. You only need to complete one TDS order form per request. Please print two copies of the confirmation page. Include one copy with the documents you ship to TDS and keep one copy for your records.

While completing the online order form in this step, you will be asked how you want to pay TDS fees. You may pay our fees online with a credit card or enclose a personal or business check or money order.

Please forward the completed requirements detailed above to:

TRAVEL DOCUMENT SYSTEMS, INC.,
925 Fifteenth Street N.W. Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005

Urgent applications should be shipped to TDS using only the FedEx Company.
Please use FedEx Priority Overnight. Do NOT ship "First Overnight." This will delay the delivery of your package.