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Do you need a new picture to just change the marker? Can I do it in the post office or is it something I need to print out at home first? Is it cheaper than a whole passport renewal? I just renewed mine last February
Comment by _Sighhhhh at 21/01/2025 at 13:10 UTC*
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If you have a hard copy of the photo from the last time you applied, then you can submit a new application with the attached photo ($130), expedite the application ($60 money order or cashiers check from post office), ship it overnight ($32), and have it in the US department of states passport processing center by tomorrow morning. You need to do it right now.
If you don’t have a photo, then take a picture that complies with all their picture rules such as no uniform, not wearing glasses, using a white background, print it at your local Walgreens on glossy photo paper, and then submit everything. Don’t bother setting up an appointment to take the stupid picture.
Be careful to get everything right the first time. Don’t have the control # cut off in the upper right hand corner when you print it, if you hand write it then make it extra legible, don’t print the application double sided, be sure to fill out the expedited check correctly because it needs to have your full name, address, and date of birth on it. You need to send it to a completely different address for an expedited passport, be sure you’re sending it to the right one. You need to write expedited on the outside of the package somewhere. Triple check every line and every box before mailing. Better to take an extra day or two and do it right than to send something that’ll get rejected. You likely only have one shot to change it. The online version of the form helps make sure you do everything right, but you can’t change anything after you print it, you just redo it with a completely new online form.