One of the most stressful things that can happen to you while you’re getting ready for an international trip is for you to look for your passport only to find that your passport is missing.

Whether your passport was lost, stolen, or just misplaced, it can be very upsetting to realize that you do not know where your passport is and you have an international trip coming up soon.

If you are missing your passport for any reason and are traveling within the next 14 days, Fastport Passport can help you get this problem fixed quickly and easily, and secure a new passport for you in time for your trip abroad, and make the process stress-free for you.

Replacing a lost or stolen passport is essentially the same process as applying for a new passport. The biggest difference between replacing a lost passport and applying for a brand new one is that in order to replace a lost passport, you will have to sign a document that formally states that your passport has gone missing. This document, also known as the DS-64, needs to be filled out and signed by the passport applicant, and sent to us along with the DS-11, or Application for a New U.S. Passport. In addition to your DS-11 and DS-64, you will need to send in a number of identifying documents like your ORIGINAL Birth Certificate (if you were born in the U.S.), or your Naturalization Certificate.

Once you have gathered all of the necessary documents, you must go to your local Post Office or County Clerk’s office to sign the DS-11 in front of a government employee, who will seal these documents into an official envelope which you will then bring to your local FedEx office and send it to our office via Priority Overnight shipping.

If you have any questions about how to replace your lost or stolen passport, or any other questions about applying for a new passport or renewing an old one, please visit our website to speak online to a live passport expert from 9am-5pm Monday through Friday, or call us at any of our store locations.

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