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Need To Get An Expedited New Passport Name Change Service? Just Go Online And It Will Be Done In A Breeze
By CruiseDirector | March 3, 2010
There will come a time in a woman’s life when she has that magical day, meets and marries the man of her dreams and takes his last name. However, before she can go on that magical honeymoon to France, she may have to use expedited United States passport name change to have her passport reflect her new name. If this has to happen, it is good to know that just about everything can be handled through the mail and via the Internet.
The process itself is a fairly simple one that requires a little time online and some postal work. There are many websites available that provide this and other passport services and they may all be found by conducting a brief search. Once a provider is located, the instructions on their websites are fairly straight forward and the only real issue is the criteria that must be met.
When expedited passport name change is needed, the applicant must provide proof of why the name has to be changed. For situations like marriage, divorce or adoption, the legal documentation will be more than enough to get the process moving. Keep in mind that everything must be original, but we recommend that the applicant make copies of everything for their own records before sending everything off.
By going online and finding the agency that will be used for the service, the applicant can download any and all files that they will need. However, keep in mind that if the passports have less than a year left before it expires, it will be necessary to get a passport renewal with the new information instead of getting the old passport updated. This will require separate forms, but they are also all available online.
If there is the need to get an expedited passport name change and there is no court document to prove that this actually happened, there is recourse. It requires that you are able to provide the agency with at least three public documents showing the date and place of birth along with exclusive use of the name. This situation may arise from lost divorce papers or the inability to retrieve an original copy of a marriage certificate.
As with most services, the higher the level of service that is needed, the more money it is going to cost. For instance, there is standard expedited service that is fairly reasonable. If someone needs a passport within 24 hours, it can be done, but it will be significantly more money.
Along with all of the other information that has to be gathered, it is also a good idea to include an updated photo. People change over the years and it is always best to have the most recent representation of the applicant on the passport. It is recommended to use a local photo shop that offers the passport photo services as the pictures will be properly sized for the passport.
Finally, everything for the expedited US passport name change should be gathered together and mailed off via a known overnight delivery service. Be sure to get some sort of proof of delivery included it the shipping to guarantee that the item is tracked and that it gets to where it is going. The documents for the American passports that are being used are all very sensitive and original, so it is important that they get to their destination safely and are returned to the original owner.
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