Complete DS-11 Form Online

• Please do not sign this form now. (Explained in Step 2)
• Please do not mail this form to the National Passport Center but to  APVI. (Address provided after Step 4 with order confirmation number)
• Note: If your child was issued a US passport in the past and cannot find it, in addition to the DS-11 Form you must  Complete Form DS-64.

After completing and printing this form, please close the window and return to the passport instructions.

Print two duplicate originals of APVI letter of authorization (LOA). The letters have to be manually signed in blue ink.

                                  APVI (LOA)        

The applicant's signature on the two (LOA) authorizes us to process the passport application through the Passport Agency

The two passport photos have to meet Passport Agency Regulations.

                 Where can I have my child's passport photos taken?

The parent(s) must provide 2 copies of their valid driver's license or state ID card, issued more than 6 months ago.

If your ID was issued less than six months ago, or you don't have one at all, please click here for additional Proof of Identity.

Provide one of the following:

Certified US Birth Certificate of your child or most recent US Passport of your child.

Note:  Mutilated, altered, or damaged passports are not acceptable as evidence of U.S. Citizenship.

If your child was born outside the United States, please click here

For help obtaining a birth certificate, click here

Evidence of Child's relationship to Parent(s)/ Legal Guardian(s): you must provide one of the following:

• Official US Birth Certificate of your child (with parent's names)
• Original court order establishing guardianship
• Original court order establishing custody
• Original adoption decree (with adopting parents' names)
• Form FS-240 or Form DS-1350 (with parents' names)
• Foreign birth certificate (with parents' names)

Write one check or Money order  for $120 payable to: "US Department of State". Write your child's name and Date of Birth on the memo line.

Write a second check or money order for $25 payable to the Court House or Post Office where your passport application will be authorized (explained in Step 2).Write your child's name and Date of Birth on the memo line.

You must provide two copies of one of the following:

A copy of your child's plane ticket, or a travel itinerary generated by a travel agency showing the applicant's name and date of travel.