PARIS, TX — Need a passport, but can’t make it to the post office during normal office hours? To ensure U.S. citizens are prepared to travel abroad in the new year, the U.S. Postal Service will be hosting a passport fair at the Paris Post Office, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Saturday, February 20, 2016. Appointments are not required on this day, so customers are encouraged to show up early, as applicants will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.

Paris Post Office
500 Clarksville St.
Paris, TX 75460-9998
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
To obtain a passport applicants need to:

• Bring 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 proof of identity. This must be either: a recently issued U.S. passport; a recently issued naturalization certificate; a recently issued certificate of citizenship; or a current valid driver’s license, government ID or military photo ID.
• Bring a photocopy of your proof of identity. Each applicant must bring a front and back photocopy of the ID that will be presented at the time of passport acceptance.
• The passport application requires recent passport photograph of you (2” x 2” in size), which the Post Office Passport Office can provide for $15.
• To save time, customers may download a passport application (DS – 11) at www.usps.com/passport to complete beforehand in black ink.
• All applicants must appear in person (including minors).
• All 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 (DS – 3053).

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 a $25 execution fee.

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 $22.95 per family for Priority Mail Express paid to the United States Postal Service.

The cost to expedite delivery service is $20.66 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.

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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