22 C.F.R. Subpart D—Fees
Title 22 - Foreign Relations
Passport fees in the United States shall be paid in U.S. currency or by draft, check, or money order payable to the Department of State or the Passport Office. Passport fees abroad shall be paid in U.S. currency, travelers checks, money order, or the equivalent value of the fees in local currency. [31 FR 14522, Nov. 11, 1966] Fees, including execution fees, shall be collected for the following passport services in the amounts prescribed in the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (22 CFR 22.1): (a) A fee for each passport application filed, which fee shall vary depending on the age of the applicant. The passport application fee shall be paid by all applicants at the time of application, except as provided in §51.62(a), and is not refundable, except as provided in §51.63. A person who is denied a passport may request that the application be reconsidered without payment of an additional fee upon the submission, within 90 days after the date of the denial, of documentation not previously presented that is sufficient to establish citizenship or entitlement to a passport. (b) A surcharge of six dollars on the filing of each application for a passport in order to cover the costs of meeting the increased demand for passports as a result of actions taken to comply with section 7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1165 note). The surcharge will be recovered by the Department of State from within the passport fee reflected in Schedule of Consular Fees. The surcharge will be imposed until October 1, 2010. (c) A fee for execution of the passport application, except as provided in §51.62 (b), when the applicant is required to execute the application in person before a person authorized to administer oaths for passport purposes. This fee shall be collected as part of the passport application fee at the time of application and is not refundable (see §51.65). When execution services are provided by an official of a state or local government or of the United States Postal Service, the fee may be retained by that entity to cover the costs of service pursuant to an appropriate agreement with the Department of State. (d) A fee for expedited services, if any, provided pursuant to §51.66. [67 FR 34838, May 16, 2002, as amended at 71 FR 46398, Aug. 14, 2006] (a) The following persons are exempt from the payment of passport fees: (1) An officer or employee of the U.S. proceeding abroad on official business, or the members of his or her immediate family authorized to accompany or reside with him or her abroad. The applicant shall submit evidence of the official purpose of his or her travel and if applicable his or her authorization to have dependents accompany or reside with him or her abroad. (2) An American sailor who requires a passport in connection with his or her duties aboard an American flag-vessel. (3) A widow, child, parent, brother, or a sister of a deceased American service member proceeding abroad to visit the grave of such service member. (4) An employee of the United Seamen's Service who requires a passport for travel to assume or perform duties thereof. The applicant shall submit with his or her application a letter from the United Seamen's Service certifying that he or she is proceeding abroad on official business to provide facilities and services for U.S. merchant seamen. (b) No person described in paragraph (a) (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section shall be required to pay an execution fee when his or her application is executed before a Federal official. (22 U.S.C. 2658 and 3926) [33 FR 12043, Aug. 24, 1968, as amended at 37 FR 6053, Mar. 24, 1972; 49 FR 16989, Apr. 23, 1984; Redesignated at 63 FR 5103, Jan. 30, 1998.] A collected passport application fee shall be refunded: (a) To any person exempt from the payment of passport fees under §51.62 from whom fees were erroneously collected. (b) For procedures on refunds of $5.00 or less see §22.6(b) of this title. (c) The passport expedite fee will be refunded if the Passport Agency does not provide the requested expedited processing as defined in §51.66. [33 FR 12043, Aug. 24, 1968, as amended at 52 FR 29515, Aug. 10, 1987; 59 FR 48999, Sept. 26, 1994; Redesignated and amended at 63 FR 5103, Jan. 30, 1998; 65 FR 14212, Mar. 16, 2000] A passport issuing office may issue a replacement passport for the following reasons without payment of applicable fees: (a) To correct an error or rectify a mistake of the Department. (b) When the bearer has changed his or her name or other personal identifier listed on the data page of the passport, and applies for a replacement passport within one year of the date of the passport's original issuance. (c) When the bearer of an emergency full fee passport issued for a limited validity period applies for a full validity passport within one year of the date of the passport's original issuance. (d) When a passport is retained by law enforcement or the judiciary for evidentiary purposes and the bearer is still eligible to have a passport. (e) When a passport is issued for the balance of the original validity period to replace a passport with a failed electronic chip. [70 FR 53924, Sept. 13, 2005, as amended at 70 FR 61555, Oct. 25, 2005] The fee for the execution of a passport application cannot be refunded. [31 FR 13540, Oct. 20, 1966. Redesignated at 63 FR 5103, Jan. 30, 1998] (a) Within the United States, an applicant for a passport service (including issuance, replacement or the addition of visa pages) may request expedited processing by a Passport Agency. All requests by applicants for in-person services at a Passport Agency shall be considered requests for expedited processing, unless the Department has determined that the applicant is required to apply at a Passport Agency. (b) Expedited passport processing shall mean completing processing within 3-business days commencing when the application reaches a Passport Agency or, if the application is already with a Passport Agency, commencing when the request for expedited processing is approved. The processing will be considered completed when the passport is ready to be picked up by the applicant or is mailed to the applicant. (c) A fee shall be collected for expedited processing service in the amount prescribed in the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (22 CFR 22.1). This amount will be in addition to any other applicable fee and does not include urgent mailing costs, if any. (d) A request for expedited processing normally will be accepted only if the applicant can document urgent departure with airline tickets showing confirmed reservation or similar evidence. The Passport Agency may decline to accept the request if it is apparent at the time it is made that the request cannot be granted. (e) The expedite fee may be waived only where the need for expedited processing was necessary due to Department error, mistake or delay. [59 FR 49000, Sept. 26, 1994. Redesignated and amended at 63 FR 5103, Jan. 30, 1998; 70 FR 53925, Sept. 13, 2005]
Title 22: Foreign Relations
PART 51—PASSPORTS
Subpart D—Fees
§ 51.60 Form of remittance.
§ 51.61 Passport fees.
§ 51.62 Exemption from payment of passport or execution fee.
§ 51.63 Refunds.
§ 51.64 Replacement passports.
§ 51.65 Execution fee not refundable.
§ 51.66 Expedited passport processing.
