LANSING, IL. – The Lansing Post Office is hosting a Passport Fair with special Saturday hours, 12:30-5pm starting Saturday January 6 through January 20, 2018. Postal clerks will be on hand to provide passport information and to accept passport applications, with no appointments necessary.

To help speed up the process, customers should fill out forms ahead of time. Application forms, information on the costs and how to apply for a passport book and/or passport card can be found at usps.com/passport or travel.state.gov/passport. Customers can also obtain passport information by phone, in English and Spanish, by calling the National Passport Information Center toll-free at (877) 487-2778.

To apply for a passport applicants need:

Proof of identification — You may submit items such as the following containing your signature and a photograph that is a good likeness of you: Current or previous U.S. passport, naturalization certificate, certificate of citizenship or a current and valid driver’s license (not temporary or learner’s permit), government ID or military ID.

**A photocopy of the identification - front and back – must be submitted with your passport application. If the document is two sided, then a photocopy of the front and back of the document must be provided.

Proof of citizenship —  includes any one of the following:

1. Certified birth certificate issued by the city, county, or state
2. Naturalization certificate (a hospital-issued birth certificate alone is not acceptable) or certificate of citizenship, consular report of birth abroad and
3. An expired passport

The passport application requires recent color passport photograph of you (2” x 2” in size), which the Post Office Passport Office can provide for $15.

All applicants must appear in person (including minors). Minors under the age of 16 must appear with both parents.  If one parent is not available, a notarized authorization from the absent parent is required.

Each passport for an adult must be accompanied by a check or money order for $110 made payable to the U.S. State Department and a $25 execution fee made payable to Postmaster. Fees for children under 16 are $80 and $25.

The cost to expedite processing at the Department of State is $60 paid per application in addition to required fees.

The cost to expedite delivery service to the passport processing lockbox is $23.75 per family for Priority Mail Express paid to the United States Postal Service.

The cost to expedite delivery service is $15.45 paid per application directly to the Department of State for the delivery of an issued passport book from the Department of State to the customer. This service is only available to mailing addresses within the United States. Not valid for passport cards.

Customers can call 1-800-ASK-USPS or go to the Postal Service’s Website www.usps.com to get the location of other nearby passport Post Offices and their passport customer service hours.  Passport customers may also check the U.S. State Department’s web site at www.travel.state.gov  to obtain additional information.

Other Post Offices offering special Saturday times are located below:

 
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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