BALTIMORE, MD — The U.S. Postal Service and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center will host a Passport Fair on Friday, February 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Carroll Auditorium, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore MD  21224.

Postal officials will provide passport information to U.S. citizens and accept passport applications. 

Passports cost $110 for adults and $80 for children 15 years of age and younger. To help the passport application process run smoothly and efficiently, the Postal Service recommends the following:

• Bring in proper proof of American citizenship. This must be either: a certified birth certificate issued by the city, county or state; a previous U.S. passport; a certificate of citizenship; or a naturalization certificate. (Please note: a hospital-issued birth certificate alone is not acceptable.)
• Bring in proof of identity. This must be either: a previous U.S. passport; a naturalization certificate; a certificate of citizenship; a current valid driver’s license, government ID or military photo ID. (Please note: a photocopy showing the front and back of the ID must be provided on plain white 81/2 x 11” standard paper.  Photocopies must contain images on only one side of each page – not the front and the back.  If copies cannot be made on the same side of one page, the applicant may present two separate pages; one displaying the front of the ID and the second display the back of the ID).
• The passport application requires two recent identical photographs. Passport photo service will be provided on site for $15.

All applicants must appear in person (including minors).

For more information contact Melody Davis-Finazzo at (410) 347-4493 or Alvin Henson at (410) 550-5152.

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