NEW ORLEANS, LA — Need a passport, but can’t make it to the post office? To ensure U.S. citizens are prepared to travel abroad this summer, the U.S. Postal Service will be holding a 2-day mega passport fair at the Esplanade Mall, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., on Saturday, April 1 – Sunday, April 2, 2017. Customers will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.

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).

Esplanade Mall (between Target and Macy’s)
1401 W. Esplanade Avenue
Kenner, LA  70065-9998
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Passport fees

The above fees must be paid with a personal check or money order made payable to “Department of State”. (No exceptions!)  In addition to the above costs, there is also a $25 processing/acceptance fee plus a $15 fee for photos, which can be paid for by personal check or money order which will be paid to the US Postal Service. Photo services will be available.

Travelers are encouraged to apply for a passport several months before they are scheduled to travel overseas. Again, the average time for passport applications is six to eight 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.

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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