Passports

First Time Passports

For the full information on obtaining a first time passport, or a replacement for a lost or stolen passport, please see: http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/first/first_830.html

Proof of Citizenship

For applicants born in the United States, a certified birth certificate from the state vital statistics office in the state in which you were born is required. Hospital-issued certificates will not be accepted. We can not accept photocopies of a birth certificate that have been notarized or certified as a true copy unless this was performed by the State vital records office. If you need to request your birth certificate, please visit the National Center for Health Statistics Web site for contact information for the state registrars of vital statistics.

If you are a naturalized U.S. citizen, you must present an original Naturalization Certificate.

If you are claiming U.S. citizenship through birth to American citizen parents but were born outside the U.S., you must present an original Consular Report of Birth Abroad.

For tips on obtaining photos, please email USConsulBaghdad@state.gov

Once your application is approved by the U.S. consular officer, it will be forwarded to the U.S. National Passport Center for issuance of a 10-year, photo-digitized passport. Please allow at least two weeks for passport processing.