WINESBURG, OH — Is someone on your gift list planning an international trip? Why not consider the gift of a shiny new passport? For customers planning international trips, the Winesburg Post Office, 2162 South Main Street, Winesburg, OH 44690, will be hosting a weekend Passport Fair on November 23 and 24, 2018. The Passport Fair will serve customers on a first come, first served basis.  No appointments are necessary. 

Passport Fair hours:

• Friday, November 23, 2018, from 8:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 5 p.m. 
• Saturday November 24, 2018, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

NOTE:  For appointments during regular passport processing hours, the U.S. Postal Service has made scheduling easier with the launch of the USPS Retail Customer Appointment Scheduler™ tool (RCAS) at http://www.usps.com/scheduler.  The RCAS™ tool provides customers with an easy, convenient way to schedule appointments to apply for a passport.

Customers who would like to know when their passport arrives for delivery now have an innovative option. Register here for Informed Delivery and see the mail before it’s delivered. 

The Postal Service suggests travelers check the expiration date on their U.S. passport. Many countries require passports to have as much as six months’ validity remaining for entry.

Customers have the option of applying for a passport book (good for all international travel) or the passport card (good only for land and sea travel between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda).

Passport fees

The fees listed above must be paid with a personal check or money order. There is a $35 processing/acceptance fee and a $15 fee for photos, which can be paid for by cash, personal check, debit and credit cards or money order.  The Passport Fair offices offer passport photo services.

Travelers are encouraged to apply for a passport several months before they are scheduled to travel overseas. The average time for passport applications and renewals is six weeks. However, for an additional fee, the State Department will expedite the application and process it within three weeks.

To apply for a passport, travelers need to complete Passport Application Form DS-11 (unsigned) and provide one of the following: a U.S. birth certificate from the Department of Vital Statistics (not a certificate of birth) or naturalization papers. Applicants must also show either a valid driver’s license, a previous or current U.S. passport book or card, Certificate of Naturalization, Certificate of Citizenship, military I.D. or a federal, state or municipal government employee I.D. card. Applicants 15 & under must be present with both parents unless consent is given; ages 16 & 17 require only one parent be present.

Please contact the Winesburg Post Office at (330) 359-5512 with any questions.

For more information about passport application requirements and to download forms, visit the State Department’s travel website at www.travel.state.gov.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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