National Passport Information Center

What is the National Passport Information Center?

The NPIC is a call center.

Why was the National Passport Information Center created?

The travel industry experienced a big boom in the early to mid 1990's. The demand for passport processing increase about 70%.

With the greater workload and lack of adequate staff, a lot of problems arose. There were long waits on the phone, disconnections, and generalized poor customer service.

The U.S. Department of State Passport Agency decided to focus on processing passports amd look for another way to respond to calls. The solution was the creation of the National Passport Information Center.

What passport information is given by the National Passport Information Center?

The National Passport Center only provides passport information that has been registered in the Passport Agency's computer database. If your passport information has not been registered at the time of your call, you just paid for nothing.

How can I contact the National Passport Information Center?

To contact the National Passport Center you will have to use one of the numbers below:

1-877-4USA-PPT (1-877-487-2778)

Those who are hearing impaired can use the following numbers:

TDD - 1-888-874-7793

How much does the National Passport Information Center cost?

The NPIC changed from a fee-based service to a toll-free service on August 19,2003.

Operators are available Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Eastern Time, excluding federal holidays.

Automated Information is available 24/7.

You can contact the NPIC at npicATstate.gov (replace AT with @).

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