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Name change on Passport question?

So i've read on travel.gov site that you can get a new passport free of charge if got passport within year of first application, ie for a name change due to marriage.

Does anyone know if post office will process this or should everything be mailed directly to application office? Sorry to be confusing, but i don't want to go to post office, stand in line forever, to be told I have to mail in passport myself to change name rather then having post office do it for me.

TIA!

Re: Name change on Passport question?

  • I am actually in the process of doing this myself.  From what I read online (they give you a "packet" of paperwork you have to print to do this) it says to send it in to the address they give you.  I believe you need the original passport, two new passport photos, marriage license and I think that was it.  There is a specific form you have to download to send w/ it all, too.  I would rather do that than going to the post office, but I couldn't see whether it was best to do it one way or another.  Maybe someone else has done this recently...
  • When I changed my name on my passport it was outside the one year window, but I think either way you have to send it to the address on the paperwork. I didn't like sending my old passport & marriage license away in the mail, but it all worked smoothly and I got my original docs back (they come back separately from your new passport)
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  • I did this back in August and did what jeremy.teresa posted. I had to fill out the paperwork I got online, send in my passport, 2 new passport photos, copy of marriage license, etc. Mail it in to the address it gives you , (I believe I sent mine to either New Orleans or Pennsylvania somewhere...can't remember, but it should say on the paperwork).  I received my new one in the mail in about 3 weeks, they also sent back my old passprt, the copy of the marriage certificate, and the passport photos.  Hope this helps!

  • http://travel.state.gov/passport/fri/ChangeName/ChangeName_851.html

     

    I just got mine back from doing the same exact thing and I use this information. Everything you need to know on how to do it along with mailing it to the Processing Center in Philly is there.

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  • Just mailed mine today!! Filled out the form and included everything it asked for and mailed it myself!

     

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  • I have the piece of paper, 2 new photos and everything else. I just wasn't sure if post office could send the paperwork for you. For the people who sent it themselves, did you just put it all in a manilla envelope? I'd just hate for it to get lost in mail.

    Thanks everyone for info!!

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