Edmonson Voice Staff Report:
For customers planning international trips, the Brownsville Post Office, located at 535 S. Main St., is hosting a Passport Fair on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. The office will extend passport processing hours from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the day of the Passport Fair. Fairs serve customers on a first come, first served basis. No appointments are needed. (There is a limited capacity for acceptance.) 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) athttp://www.usps.com/scheduler. The RCAS™ tool provides customers with an easy, convenient way to schedule appointments to apply for a passport. 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 Adults (Age 16 Years and Older) Minors (Under Age 16) Passport Card $30 $15 Passport Book $110 $80 Passport Card and Book $140 $95 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 Brownsville Post Office offers passport photo services. Travelers are encouraged to apply for a passport several months before they are scheduled to travel overseas. The average time for passport applications and renewals is six 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.
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