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An application for a United States passport made abroad is forwarded by a U.S. embassy or consulate to Passport Services for processing in the United States. The resulting passport is sent to the embassy or consulate for issuance to the applicant. An emergency passport is issuable by the embassy or consulate. As per Haig v.
Mobile Passport Control (MPC) is a mobile app that enables eligible travelers entering the United States to submit their passport information and customs declaration form to Customs and Border Protection via smartphone or tablet and go through the inspections process using an expedited lane. It is available to "U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful ...
The State Department is now processing over 50,000 passport applications a week. Here's how to get yours process sooner before an upcoming trip. Are passports still taking forever to process?
Page of a passport with machine-readable zone in the red oval (US passport pictured) Passport booklets have an identity page containing the identity data. This page is in the Today size of 125 × 88 mm (4.92 × 3.46 in). The data of the machine-readable zone consists of two rows of 44 characters each.
The United States passport card is an optional national identity card and a travel document issued by the U.S. federal government in the size of a credit card. [3] Like a United States passport book, the passport card is only issued to U.S. citizens and U.S. nationals exclusively by the U.S. Department of State .
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative logo. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) is the implementation of a requirement to show a passport or other acceptable document to enter the United States, for nationals of certain North American jurisdictions who were previously exempt from it when traveling within the Americas.
The passport issued to non-citizen nationals contains the endorsement code 9 which states: "THE BEARER IS A UNITED STATES NATIONAL AND NOT A UNITED STATES CITIZEN." on the annotations page. [65] Non-citizen nationals may reside and work in the United States without restrictions, and may apply for citizenship under the same rules as resident aliens.
As of 2025, holders of a United States passport may travel to 186 countries and territories without a travel visa, or with a visa on arrival. The United States passport ranks [Note 1] 9th in terms of travel freedom, according to the Henley Passport Index. [1] It is also ranked 8th by the Global Passport Power Rank. [2]