New US Passports (Persons 16 Years and older)

Gather documents listed below to take to an Acceptance Agent

• You must appear in person before an acceptance agent.
• Acceptance agents are at designated Post Offices and Court Houses in your area.
• Tell the acceptance agent that you are using an expediting service to "hand carry" your passport application to the passport agency for processing.  The acceptance agent will witness you sign the DS-11 application and seal your passport information documents in an envelope and return the sealed envelope to you. Click here to find the acceptance agent nearest you.

Note: Passport applicants between the ages of 16 and 17 must appear with one parent to co-sign the application.  For applicants under 16, click here.

Click here to fill out an A Briggs Passport & Visa Expeditors order form.

Ship your passport application to A Briggs Passport & Visa Expeditors.

Note:If you are departing the U.S. within 4 business days, you must call us to ensure we have the capacity to process your passport application in time for your departure. We cannot expedite the processing of passport cards at this time.

To prove your citizenship, you must have an original or certified copy of your birth certificate, naturalization papers or old passport.

If you do not have your Birth Certificate, you can obtain information about ordering a certified copy of your birth certificate here.

Requirements for Acceptable Forms of Birth Certificates can be found here. (All proof of citizenship documents will be returned to you with your new passport.)

In order to prove your identity to the passport acceptance agent, you will be required to show a driver's license or state-issued identification issued more than six months ago.  Official government or military picture identification, are also acceptable.

If you do not have this identification, click here.

Click on the link at the bottom of this section ("Section 1.3") to create your DS-11.  You will be asked to input your personal information.  After inputting your personal data, click on "Create Form" which will create your completed DS-11 US passport application.

US Passport applicants may electronically submit their personal information and then print the completed form.  This system generates a 2D bar code (required for all applications submitted by hand carry, the submission method used by A Briggs) on the printed form.  This 2D barcode enables the information to be reproduced electronically.  All information is captured on a secure U.S. Department of State server and is deleted once the form is printed.  Please note the US Passport Office will not accept hand carry applications without the 2D barcode.

Print two copies of the completed DS-11 form.  Do not sign the DS-11 until you are instructed to do so by the acceptance agent.  Give one DS-11 to the acceptance agent to be placed inside the sealed envelope.  The second DS-11 is to be placed inside the shipping envelope to A Briggs.

Click here to complete the DS-11

(The State Department web site does not support the Safari, Opera or Chrome web browsers for passport form completion; Internet Explorer and Firefox should work fine, however.)

Two (2) identical passport photographs.  Go to a passport photographer to have the photos taken.  Homemade photos are not acceptable and most often causes a delay in passport issuance.

Passport Photo Requirements

Submit a copy of your computer-generated itinerary or your ticket from an airline, travel agency, or online booking agency showing your departure from the U.S.  FAX or photocopies are acceptable.  Please include one copy inside the sealed envelope and one copy outside of the sealed envelope.

Two checks or money orders, one payable to U.S. Department of State for $170.00 and the second for $25 payable to the courthouse or post office (the acceptance agent fee).

Note: Please include your date of birth on the memo line of the check.  Do not use starter checks for new bank accounts.

A letter of Authorization giving A Briggs the authority to submit your application and pick-up your passport when issued.  Provide two originally-signed authorization letters - One copy should be inside the sealed envelope and one copy outside the sealed envelope.

Note: Each copy MUST contain your original signature preferably in blue Ink.  Fax or photo copies of your signature are unacceptable - both letters must be originally signed.

Click here to use our standard authorization letter

You must complete the Online Order Form.  When you complete and submit the Order Form, your information will be immediately forwarded to us online.  Please print two copies of the confirmation page.  Include one copy in the envelope you ship to us and keep one copy for your records.

While completing the online order form in this step, you will be asked how you want to pay A Briggs.  You may pay our fees online with a credit card or enclose a personal or business check or money order.  If you pay by check or money order, put this payment in the shipping envelope outside of the sealed envelope.

Processing times are business days and do not include shipping time.  Keep this in mind when placing your order.  Orders are filled based on departure date.  For example, a traveler leaving in 10 calendar days that selects 5 - 7 day service may experience fulfillment times of up to 11 calendar days including shipping.

Note: Additional shipping costs must be charged to a credit card for each package shipped to an international destination and the following locations: Alaska, Hawaii, and all U.S. Territories.

Saturday Delivery is an additional $14 when available to US destinations.

Failure to follow these instructions may cause a delay in processing, and could also result in additional charges on your order for shipping, such as: before 8:00am delivery, Saturday Delivery, etc. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us toll free at 1-800-806-0581.

Contact our office in:
Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Hope, Houston, Los Angeles, Lynchburg, Miami, New York, Norwalk, San Francisco, Seattle, or Washington, DC.