American passports??

Question

hi folks what do i need in oder to get my very first time us passport i seems like everyone is getting one now days just cause all the new laws and **** home land security are asking for one.

Answer 1

http://travel.state.gov/passport/passpor...

To Apply in Person for a U.S. Passport You MUST:

1. Provide Application for Passport, Form DS-11

        

Forms can be obtained from any passport agency or acceptance facility or online. (Call to check hours of availability.)

NOTE: Please do NOT sign the DS-11 application form until the Passport Acceptance Agent instructs you to do so.

2. Present Proof of U.S. Citizenship

All documentation submitted as evidence of U.S. Citizenship will be returned to the applicant.  Evidence documents will either arrive with the issued passport or in a separate mailing to the applicant.  You may prove U.S. Citizenship with any one of the following:

    * Previous U.S. Passport (mutilated, altered, or damaged passports are not acceptable as evidence of U.S. citizenship.)

    * Certified birth certificate issued by the city, county or state

NOTE: A certified birth certificate has a registrar's raised, embossed, impressed or multicolored seal, registrar’s signature, and the date the certificate was filed with the registrar's office, which must be within 1 year of your birth.  Please note that some short (abstract) versions of birth certificates may not be acceptable for passport purposes.

    * Consular Report of Birth Abroad or Certification of Birth

    * Naturalization Certificate

    * Certificate of Citizenship

A Delayed Birth Certificate filed more than one year after your birth may be acceptable if it:

    * Listed the documentation used to create it and

    * Signed by the attending physician or midwife, or, lists an affidavit signed by the parents, or shows early public records.

If you do NOT have a previous U.S. passport or a certified birth certificate, you will need:

   1. Letter of No Record

Issued by the State with your name, date of birth, which years were searched for a birth record and that there is no birth certificate on file for you.

   1. AND as many of the following as possible:

    * Baptismal certificate

    * Hospital birth certificate

    * Census record

    * Early school record

    * Family bible record

    * Doctor's record of post-natal care

NOTES: These documents must be early public records showing the date and place of birth, preferably created within the first five years of your life. You may also submit an Affidavit of Birth, form DS-10, from an older blood relative, i.e., a parent, aunt, uncle, sibling, who has personal knowledge of your birth. It must be notarized or have the seal and signature of the acceptance agent. If you were born abroad AND do not have a Consular Report of Birth Abroad or Certificate of Birth on file, you will need:

   1. If you claim citizenship through birth abroad to one U.S. citizen parent:

    * Foreign birth certificate,

    * Proof of citizenship of your U.S. citizen parent, AND

    * An affidavit of your U.S. citizen parent showing all periods and places of residence or physical presence in the United States and abroad before your birth.

   2. If you claim citizenship through birth abroad to two U.S. citizen parents:

    * Your foreign birth certificate,

    * Parent’s marriage certificate, AND

    * Proof of citizenship of your U.S. parents and an affidavit of your U.S. citizen parents showing all periods and places of residence of physical presence in the United States and abroad before your birth.

Click here for additional information on documentation of U.S. citizens born abroad who acquire citizenship at birth NOTE: The following are NOT proof of citizenship

    * Voter registration cards

    * Army discharge papers

Information on foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizens. NOTE: If you travel extensively, you may request more Visa pages in your passport at no additional cost.   To do so, please attach a signed request for additional Visa pages to be added to your application.  48-page passport s are no longer available in the U.S. or abroad.

Answer 2

birth certificate and state ID

go to the post office if there is no passport agency near you. They will take your ID and photos and package them all up and seal them up and send them to the passport agency your passport will come in a week or 2. Oh and its like 100$