Your name can be changed on your Passport and your current Passport was issued within one year and it is undamaged.
Procedures for Name Change on Passport:
- Enclose completed Passport Order Request form
- Enclose completed DS-5504 Form – If passport issued less than one year. (Use this link to complete online)
- Enclose completed DS-82 – If passport issued more than a year. (Use this link to complete online)
- Enclose new passport photo
- Evidence of Name Change – i.e. Marriage Certificate, Divorce Decree or Court
- Enclose Letter of Authorization. (Contact Caring Hands for this form)
- Enclose appropriate fees.
- Daytime phone number(s) where you can be reached if additional information is needed.
- Prepaid mailer (i.e., Federal Express, UPS, USPS, etc.) to return completed documents to you. Please be sure to keep the “Sender’s Copy” of your waybill so that you are able to track the package at a later date if needed.