Important Due to Covid-19, processing times for passports are taking longer than normal for both standard and expedited services.

Philadelphia Passport - Where to Apply for a Passport in Philadelphia, Pa.

There are quite a few Philadelphia passport facilities when you consider the three different types: application acceptance facilities, regional agency and private expediting services. Below is a list of places where you can apply for a passport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For fast, convenient expediting service, visit Rush My Passport - Online Passport Service.

Philadelphia Passport Offices

Applications for a new passport (Form DS-11) should be taken to a nearby passport application acceptance facility so that an agent can witness your signature. Applications for other passport services - renewals, name change, corrections, etc. - can be made by mail. For a list of acceptance facilities in cities other than Philadelphia, visit the Pennsylvania passport office page.

UPDATE: Mailing delays and high demand are impacting passport processing. The Department of State's processing times begin when applications are received at a passport agency or center and not when you mail them or apply at a local acceptance facility. Standard service may take between 10 and 13 weeks. This timeframe does not include delivery time. Mailing times vary across the country.

Expedited service takes from 7 to 9 weeks excluding mailing times on the front and back end. Current mailing delays are significant. Requesting 1-2-day mailing service is recommended.

Regional passport agencies are offering two types of appointments: Life-of-Death Emergency Service and Urgent Travel Service.

Life-or-death emergencies are serious illnesses, injuries, or deaths in your immediate family (parent, legal guardian, child, spouse, sibling, and grandparent) that require you to travel outside the United States within 3 business days.

If you need to travel due to a qualified life-or-death emergency, please call the National Passport Information Center for an appointment:

Mondays through Fridays 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. ET, call 1-877-487-2778 (TDD/TTY:1-888-874-7793) Outside of these hours, call 202-647-4000.

For Urgent Travel Service, you need to call 14 days before your scheduled international travel or 28 days if you also need to secure a foreign visa.

If you need to travel urgently for reasons other than a life-or-death emergency, please call the NPIC at 1-877-487-2778 Mondays through Fridays 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. ET.

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Facility	Address	City	State	ZIP	Phone
BALA CYNWYD POST OFFICE	1 UNION AVENUE	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19004	6106678035
CHESTNUT STREET MAIN POST OFFICE	3000 CHESTNUT STREET	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	2158958827
FOX CHASE POST OFFICE	7232 RISING SUN AVE	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19111	2157428074
PHILADELPHIA OFFICE OF JUDICIAL RECORDS	CITY HALL, ROOM 284	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19107	2156866654
PASCHALL STATION POST OFFICE	7300 LINDBERGH BLVD	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19153	2153657034
PENNS LANDING POST OFFICE	622 S 4TH STREET	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19147	2159232701
SNYDER PLAZA RETAIL STORE	54 SNYDER AVE (SOUTH PLAZA)	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19148	2153362860
TORRESDALE STATION POST OFFICE	10380 DRUMMOND RD	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19154	2156323774
WILLIAM PENN RETAIL POST OFFICE	720 ARCH STREET	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19105	2159252131
NARBERTH POST OFFICE	144 NORTH NARBERTH AVENUE	NARBERTH	PA	19072	6106170375

Philadelphia Passport Agency

The Philadelphia Passport Agency only serves customers who are traveling or submitting their passports for foreign visas within 14 days or 28 days, respectively. To apply at the Agency, you must schedule an appointment.

Recently, the New York Times published an articles about passport processing. Charles Milton's well-planned vacation to England almost didn't happen because he only discovered his passport was missing 3 days before his departure date.

The article stated, "The next morning, three days before the trip, he called the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs, which issues passports. Mr. Milton soon found himself in a two-hour phone marathon, shuttled to six or seven extensions and, finally, being told that the soonest he could get a passport was 10 business days."

When Mr. Milton told the agent that he didn't have 10 business days to wait, he was informed of an alternative solution: a private passport expediter. If you are in an emergency situation, read on.

Philadelphia Passport Expediting Services

The expedited passport services in Philadelphia are registered with the State Department and can obtain passports as quickly as the same day. Expediters deliver and pick up the applications for their clients. Since they visit the agency daily, they can often get an application submitted faster than if you tried to do it yourself. Expediting services are advantageous when you urgently need your passport but are unable to visit the agency yourself.

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