International Passport Visa - Passport Expediting Service

You are in possession of a current U.S. passport having Limited Validity which was issued to you within the last 12 months (exactly). If you are not submitting your passport within 365 days of its issuance you must click here and follow instructions for obtaining a Renewal Passport. Your passport may have been issued with Limited Validity because you had inadequate evidence of identity or proof of citizenship when you applied for your passport originally or had your passport lost or stolen and replaced it outside of the United States.

Note: Effective September 26, 2005 The U.S. State Department and Passport Agencies have instituted new procedures for extending the validity of a Limited Validity U.S. Passport. DS-19 application form is no longer acceptable

STEP 1: COLLECT AND FILL OUT DOCUMENTS

A. COMPLETE ONLINE Passport Application (DS-5504)

IMPORTANT NOTE: This link will take you off site to complete the form. Complete form online, when you are finished, look near the bottom of the form, you will see a "Create" button, create the form, then "Print" the form. Once printed close that window to return to our site. Please print two copies.

B. Submit Two recent and identical passport type or size photographs

C. Compose a letter addressed to the U.S. State Department requesting that you want your current passport to be extended to its legal tenure.

If approved this period will be up to 10 years from the date the passport was originally issued.

D. Submit Original proof of United States Citizenship

Examples:
Certified copy of birth record

Previously issued U.S. passport

Certificate of Citizenship or Naturalization.

E. Download AND COMPLETE Letter of Authorization

F. submit evidence of your departure date (ie air itinerary or copy of ticket).

G. Download AND COMPLETE Order Form

STEP 2: PREPARE PAYMENT

A. FIGURE YOUR FEES USING OUR FEE CALCULATOR

Normally, there is no fee for this service. You just mail in the required documents directly to the U.S. State Department (The address is on the form). However, this process will take 4-6 weeks. In choosing to use International Passport Visas, Inc. to expedite your passport, you must then pay an expedite fee to the U.S. government. They add this fee to any service they provide. Normally it is free; when expedited they charge $60.00. This fee is more like a penalty fee, and is in addition to the fee that we charge. Our fees are for services we provide when standing in line at a Federal Passport Agency for many hours. This is the most assured way to guarantee the fastest possible issuance of your United States Passport.

STEP 3: MAIL YOUR DOCUMENTS TO US

A. MAIL YOUR DOCUMENTS VIA FEDEX

1) Place the following documents in a FedEx Priority Letter:
Valid or current United States Passport

Application form DS-5504 completed and signed

Letter of Authorization

Two recently taken and identical passport type or size photographs

Letter requesting Extension of Validity

Proof of departure date (itinerary or copy of ticket)

Completed Order form

Payment to International Passport Visas, Inc. (see step 2)

2) Ship Overnight Services.

We recommend that you use FedEx as a safe means of overnight shipping. We will return your passport to you the same way.

Ship To:
International Passport Visas, Inc.
1325 S. Colorado Blvd. #604
Denver, CO 80222

Click here to find FedEx locations

IMPORTANT NOTE: You are sending this package to a FedEx facility for our service to receive the package to submit to the US Passport Agency by 10am. This ensures the fastest possible service; however, the FedEx facility will deny packages sent via other overnight services (UPS, Airborne, Express Mail, etc) - therefore it is imperative you send using FedEx.

STEP 4: NOTIFY US OF YOUR ORDER

A. CALL US AND/OR FAX YOUR ORDER FORM TO US

Call us toll free at 1-800-783-8472 and indicate you are processing an Expedited Passport from the Internet, or Fax Order Form to 1-866-490-8472