FORD CITY, PA – Planning any international travel?  Spring Break plans?  Cruises?  Canadian view of Niagara Falls?  With the Real ID deadline rapidly approaching, applying for your passport now might be a wise investment for the future traveler.  Allow the Ford City Post Office, located at 824 4th Ave., to help accommodate your passport needs.  Ford City is hosting a Passport Fair this Friday, March 6. Fair hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Customers will be served on a first come, first served basis.  No appointments are needed. (There is a limited capacity for acceptance.)  Need a passport photo?  We can help!

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.

The Postal Service suggests all travelers validate the expiration date on their U.S. passport to ensure country requirements are met. Many countries mandate a passport 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 Ford City Post Office offers passport photo services and various expedited options in relation to your passport needs.

To apply for a passport, travelers need a completed 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 Western Pennsylvania District serves ZIP Codes 140-168 and 260 in West Virginia.

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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