DS-11 Application for a U.S. Passport
The first-time U.S. passport application. It matters in immigration work because a passport is the cheapest and fastest proof of U.S. citizenship for a person who acquired or derived it - often faster than a certificate of citizenship on Form N-600. It is signed in person before an acceptance agent.
- Fee
- unverified - the fee is published on the State Department passport fee page, which was not among the pages read for this catalogue
- Fee waiver
- Not available
- Who files
- First-time adult applicants, children under 16, and anyone who cannot renew by mail.
- Where to file
- In person at a passport acceptance facility or agency.
Usually filed with
Part of these processes
What changed in 2025 and 2026
- Included here only because acquired-citizenship cases are often solved with a passport application rather than a USCIS filing. Fees and edition were not verified against a page read for this catalogue.
Official page. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports.html. Download the form there, never from a third-party site; check the edition date and fee before filing.