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| ONE
APPLICATION FORM |
Include
one DS11 Application Form completely filled
in. |
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Click HERE
to fill in the DS11
Application Online |
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DO NOT sign the application until
you are instructed to do so! |
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| 2. |
| PROOF
OF CITIZENSHIP |
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Proof
of U.S. Citizenship. You will need to provide
one of the following. |
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Original Government Issued
Birth Certificate. Hospital and religious
certificates are not accepted. OR
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Previous U.S. Passport issued
for full term (5 to 10 years) that has not
been damaged in any way. OR
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Original Naturalization Certificate
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Photocopies and notarized photocopies
are NOT accepted, all certificates must be
originals |
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The birth certificate must
have the applicant's first name listed on
it |
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HELP |
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Click HERE
for ways to apply for your U.S. Birth Certificate
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If any of the following apply,
click on the link below: |
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If you do not have any of these
citizenship documents, OR |
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If you were adopted, OR |
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If you have changed your name, OR |
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If you are getting your citizenship through
your parents |
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Click this LINK
HERE for help proving your citizenship.
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| 3. |
| PROVIDING
IDENTIFICATION |
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You will
need to provide: |
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A clear copy of your U.S.
Driver's License. You
will have to have the original with you when
you sign the application form. |
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IMPORTANT |
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The issue date on your license
must be over 6 months ago.
If you have had your license renewed, modified
or replaced recently make sure you check the
issue date! |
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State Ids and permits are
NOT accepted - ONLY a U.S
Driver's License will be acceptable. |
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HELP |
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If you do not have a license,
or if your license has an issue date of less
than 6 months ago then here are the ways you
can go about proving your identity. WEB,
PDF
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| 4. |
| PASSPORT
PHOTOS |
| Submit two
identical passport photos taken within the past
few months. |
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These should be 2x2,
white background, unaltered pictures that meet
the U.S. Governments PASSPORT
PHOTO REGULATIONS. |
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| Kinkos,
AAA, and Mailboxes Etc are examples of stores
that take passport photos. If you don't have
one of these stores located near you, try looking
in your local Yellow Pages under "Photographers
- Passport". |
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Find a KINKOS
near you. (Be sure to ask if they take passport
photos - now that Kinkos has merged with FedEx
not all their locations take passport photos).
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Find a AAA
near you (be sure to ask that they take passport
photos). |
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Find a MAILBOXES
ETC near you. |
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| 5. |
| STATEMENT
OF MUTILATION |
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Fill
in the Statement of Mutilation Form. This
explains to the passport office how your passport
became damaged. |
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Click HERE
to fill in the form |
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| 6. |
| MUTILATED
PASSPORT |
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Include the damaged
passport. Note that damaged passports
are NOT normally returned to the applicant. |
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| 7. |
| PROOF
OF TRAVEL |
| To expedite
your passport you must provide one of the following
to show your travel plans. |
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Copy of airline tickets, reservations, e-tickets,
cruise tickets, or itinerary showing possible
travel plans within the next 2 weeks to an international
destination. The travel plans must have the
applicants name printed on them. |
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A letter from the business or organization
arranging the trip requesting an expedited passport
from the passport agency. Here is an example
of how the letter could be worded. PDF,
WEB
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| 8. |
| AUTHORIZATION
LETTERS |
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Two copies of THE SAME authorization
form filled in and signed. These letters show
your acceptance facility what service you
are using to get your passport expedited and
allows them to release the "AA Sealed Envelope"
(Details about the Acceptance Agent will be
explained in another step). Please CALL
OUR OFFICE at 1-866-ITS-EASY (1-866-487-3279)
and one of our agents will instruct you to
print out the correct authorization letter.
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| 9. |
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| INSTRUCTIONS |
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| 1. |
| SET
ASIDE TRAVEL PLANS AND AUTHORIZATION LETTER
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Set aside 1 copy of your travel
plans and 1 of the authorization letters.
You MUST send these to us when you ship your
documents, which will be explained in a future
step. |
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| 2. |
| GO
TO YOUR LOCAL ACCEPTANCE AGENT |
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The applicant
(and witness if you were instructed to take
one) must appear in person at a local Acceptance
Agent (AA) with all the requirements
listed above . An acceptance agent is a government
official who has been authorized to verify
signatures for passport applications. AAs
are usually a local post office or county
clerk in your neighborhood. You can locate
your nearest AA by going to the following
link: FIND
YOUR LOCAL AA |
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Inform the AA that you are
using an expediting service to "HAND CARRY"
your passport application to the U.S. Passport
Agency for processing the following morning.
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The envelope must be delivered
to the Passport agency within 5 business days
of the date the application was sealed. |
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After signing the DS11 application
and witnessing you sign the application, the
AA should enclose all the required documents
(each requirement listed in the requirement
section above) into a postal sealed envelope,
which we call an "AA Sealed Envelope" and
give the envelope back to you. |
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If an agent is unfamiliar with
expediting services he/she may not want to
release the AA Sealed Envelope to you, if
you encounter this problem suggest that he/she
refer to their Passport Agent's Manual on
the topic "Hand-carrying of Executed Applications"
it should be around page 31 of their manual.
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| NOTES |
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The acceptance agent is not
the agent who approves passport applications,
they are simply authorized to witness your
signature and examine your documents. So if
the acceptance agent tells you that certain
documentation is not necessary and does not
seal it up into the envelope, then you should
still send us that documentation along with
the sealed envelope. If the passport agency
states the documentation is needed we will
have it, if you don't include it you will
be losing time and money getting us the required
documents. |
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| 3. |
| PREPARE
ENVELOPE |
On the
outside of the "AA Sealed Envelope" write
down the applicant's: |
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Last Name, First Name
Date of Birth
Departure Date
Best Phone Number to Contact Someone at |
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If there is more than one application
in the envelope write out each applicants name
and date of birth. It does not matter where
on the envelope this information is written.
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Attached to the outside of the
envlope you must include 1 copy of the letter
of authorization that the It's Easy staff member
directed you to print and sign, and a copy of
your travel plans. (The set that you put iside
in instruction 1). |
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| IT'S
EASY SERVICE FEE
Include the It's
Easy Service Fee, payable by Credit
Card, Money Order or Check (no starter checks).
CLICK
HERE FOR OUR PROCESSING FEES!!!
For more detailed information about processing
time click HERE.
If you choose to pay the It's Easy Service fee
by credit card you will fill in the credit card
information at the bottom right of the It's
Easy Order form.IMPORTANT:
If your instructions required you to go to an
acceptance agent make sure the It's Easy fees
are NOT sealed inside the postal
sealed envelope. |
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| 7. |
| SHIP
YOUR PACKAGE |
Send
all the previous requirements, the It's Easy
order form, and if not included on the It's
Easy Order Form, the It's Easy service fee
and return shipping to the following address:
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IT'S EASY
360 Lexington Avenue
Airline Travel Center
NEW YORK, NY, 10017 |
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We STRONGLY
recommend you send your documents by FedEx
Priority Overnight. FedEx
has the most reliable drop off times for courier
services in the New York area. (They consistently
deliver before 10:30am). We also STRONGLY
recommend that you DO NOT
ship your packages using Express Mail especially
for next day / same day services. Express
Mail consistently delivers to our office after
12, at which point it may not be possible
to complete your order in a day. |
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| 8. |
| RELAX |
Congratulations
you're finished. Now sit back and relax! |
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Do you
need a VISA for your trip?
Let us help - click HERE
to go to our visa processing section. |
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