Do you know where to apply for a passport? In Rhode Island, there are many acceptance agents available to take your passport application and forward them to a processing center. If you need your Rhode Island passport sooner than the time it takes to get at one of these facilities, like in a day, then go to a regional agency or hire an expeditor.

Required Documents for a Rhode Island Passport

Form

There are specific documents you will need to apply for a passport. There are forms that apply to the circumstance of when you apply. First-time applicants complete a different form than someone applying for a renewal or a lost or stolen passport. When you apply, make sure you are using the right form.

Supporting Documents

In addition to the form, other documents are necessary to show citizenship and identity. You must submit them every time you apply for a passport. The supporting papers for citizenship include:

• Birth Certificate
• Born Abroad Certificate
• Certificate of Citizenship
• Certificate of Naturalization
• Expired Passport

Other documents to support your identity include:

• A State-issued Photo ID:
• Driver’s License
• State ID
• Military ID
• Expired Passport

Fee

When you make payment in person, you can go with a credit or debit card. Other forms of payment are money order, personal or cashier’s check.

Applying for a Rhode Island Passport

After compiling the necessary papers, it is time to visit your post office, courthouse, county clerk’s office, or a library to apply. All these places have different acceptance times, call before going. However, the post office has the most extended operating times and is the most popular to apply.

Applying at a Post Office

When you go to the post office, you can pick between two processing choices. The standard choice among applicants is the usual process. It is ideal for anyone who is not in a rush for a passport. The processing time is between 7-10 weeks.

Expedited processing is the other option. With proof of travel sooner than four weeks, you can ask for it. For this service, you will pay an extra fee. The processing time is between 3-5 weeks. To get a passport sooner, you must go to other places like a regional agency or a private expeditor.

Applying at a Regional Agency

There are 26 regional agencies in the U.S. To apply for one; you need to have an appointment. You get the meeting by calling the National Passport Center hotline at (877) 487-2778. The nearest agencies are the Connecticut Passport Agency and Boston Passport Agency.

Both offices like the other agencies are in Federal Buildings, so be early to factor in the time you may spend going through security. Also, only who has an appointment will get access to go in.

To get approval for a passport at the agency, you must provide the form, supporting documents, evidence of travel, and pay the cost. You will then get your document to travel.

American Passport

Americanpassport.com is an online passport expeditor with many years of passport processing. Regardless of where you live, you can get a passport according to when you need it. This online expeditor offers rush processing so you can get a passport in a day. Also, you will have additional processing options that range from the same day and up to two weeks.

So, if you need a passport for the first time (adult or child), replace any expired, damaged, lost or stolen one, speak with the agent about the process of getting your new document. 

How Does it Work?

Select Your Passport Type

As a customer, you get to choose from a list of the passport you will apply for. For example, will you apply as a first-time applicant, for a child passport, for a passport renewal, or to replace a lost or stolen passport.

Select the Processing Option

Then, you get the processing options. Will you need the passport the same day, in 2-7 days, or 10-15 days. The choices you select will determine the price you will pay.  

Provide Your Documents

You must provide a complete application that includes the form, supporting documents, and the fees. Package all the papers and send them by UPS or FedEx using overnight shipping. Include a prepaid envelope with your address to get your new passport.

Your Return Documents

Once Americanpassport.com receives your passport, it will be forwarded to you. Any package received without a prepaid envelope must pay for the return postage. You will receive all the supporting documents in the return envelope.

Applying at an Expeditor

Expeditors are not traditional places you would go and apply for a passport. Most are found online and offer the same services like the post office or a regional agency. With an expeditor, you submit your papers by mail and the process gets expedited.

Most offers same day and up to two weeks service. Since regional agencies are not in abundance and at times far away from many applicants who cannot commute the long-distance and need a passport in a rush, expeditors are the ones to step in and get it.