Passport and Citizenship Services
Replacing a Limited Validity (1-year) Passport
If you are carrying a limited validity passport, the passport cannot be extended. Rather, you must apply for a replacement passport. If you apply for the replacement before the limited validity passport expires, the replacement passport is provided free of charge. You must present the following items:
- Completed Form DS-5504
- One passport photo (no more than 6 months old), 2 inches (5 cm) square with a white background.
- Your limited validity U.S. passport
- If your appearance has changed since the last passport was issued, some other form of photo ID, such as a driver’s license or Estonian passport.
Once the application is complete and approved by the Consul, the passport will be ready for pick-up in approximately 7 – 10 days.
Other Changes to Your Passport
Form DS-5504 can also be used to issue a new passport free of charge in order to correct an error in your passport (such as a spelling error), or to change your name due to marriage or legal name change, but ONLY if the passport to be changed was issued less than one year ago. After one year, you must renew your passport in order to make such changes (subject to the applicable charge for passport renewals). You must provide proof to substantiate the change (e.g., for a name change, your marriage certificate, divorce decree or court order providing for change of name).