New York · est. 2013Saturday, September 5, 2026
Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

Forms

DS-82 U.S. Passport Renewal Application by Mail

The mail-in passport renewal, for people whose most recent passport is undamaged, was issued when they were 16 or older, and was issued within the last 15 years. Same relevance as the DS-11: it is the practical proof of citizenship in derived-citizenship cases.

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
U.S. citizens renewing an eligible passport.
Where to file
By mail, or online where State's online renewal is available.

Usually filed with

Part of these processes

What changed in 2025 and 2026

  • 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.