All U.S. passport holders who already have a valid 10 years U.S. passport do not need to appear in person to renew their passport. They are encouraged to use our mail-in service.

All other passport applicants must appear in person. Passport services requiring a personal appearance in Kaohsiung are by appointment only.  Appointments must be made online.  Please follow the links below.

If you are applying for a U.S. passport for the first time for a baby or child born outside the U.S., click here.

• General Information
• Renew 10-year-validity Passport
• Renew 5-year-validity Passport
• Children under Sixteen
• Add Pages
• Change Passport Data or Replace Limited Validity Passport Data
• Lost or Stolen Passports
• Fee Information
• U.S. Passports Frequently Asked Questions

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Please carefully read all of the instructions below, as our requirements differ from instructions on the application forms.

The Consular Services Office approves passport applications and forwards them to the National Passport Center in South Carolina for processing. Normal processing time is approximately 2 weeks.

Many countries in the region do not allow you to enter unless your passport is valid for more than six months. However, your passport can be used to return to the US for up to six months after it expires.

All forms must be completed in English. When supporting documents (such as proof of marriage, divorce, death, birth) are required, they must be in English or accompanied by a certified translation.

RENEWAL OF TEN-YEAR-VALIDITY PASSPORTS

If you are renewing a ten-year-validity passport that expired less than five years ago, please use our mail-in procedures. We strongly encourage you to use this highly efficient method. We use Taiwan registered mail to return the new and old passports to you and it is extremely secure and reliable.

To Renew by Mail:

1. Complete application form (DS-82) including social security number and Taiwan contact telephone and address.
2. Enclose two 2" x 2" (5cm x 5cm) color passport photos (head size 1" to 1 3/8") with a white background.  Photos should be taken within the past 6 months. For details about the photo size, please click here.
3. If you have changed your name, include the original or a certified true copy of the court order or marriage certificate.  If you are requesting other changes, include all supporting documentation. 
4. Mail the above items with your current passport, a US$75 local bank draft (Cashier’s Check) (本地銀行的美金匯票 ) payable to "American Institute in Taiwan" with no other amendments or notations (such as "Not Negotiable"), and a stamped (NT$50 postage) self-addressed envelope to the American Citizen Services office with the following Chinese version addresses:

5. AIT will use your envelope to return the passport to you via registered mail in approximately 2 weeks.

To Renew in Person:

If you must apply in person in Kaohsiung you must make an appointment. Click here to make an appointment in Kaohsiung.

The following items are required:

1. Passport
2. Completed application form (DS-82) with Taiwan contact number and address
3. Two 2" x 2" (5cm x 5cm) color passport photos (head size 1” to 1 3/8”) with a white background, taken within the past 6 months. For details about the photo size, please click here
4. US$75 fee, payable by cash (NT$) or with a major credit card
5. If you have changed your name, include the original or a certified true copy of the court order or marriage certificate. If you are requesting other changes, include all supporting documentation.
6. A stamped (NT$50 postage) self-addressed envelope

Your passport will be ready in approximately 2 weeks and will be sent to you via rregistered mail through the Taiwan post office. Your previous passport will be cancelled and returned to you during your appointment. AIT will not cancel valid visas remaining in the old passport.

If you have an emergency and need to travel in less than one week, you may apply for a limited validity emergency passport which will be issued while you wait.

Pages cannot be added to emergency passports. In the case of an emergency, if there are no appointments available at the AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office before your scheduled departure, you may call AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office at (07) 238-7744 for an emergency passport. We will attempt to assist you as expeditiously as possible. However, applicants with appointments have priority.

Click here to download passport application forms

RENEWING FIVE-YEAR-VALIDITY PASSPORTS:

If you are renewing a five-year passport or replacing a limited passport you must apply in person.  Click here to make an appointment in Kaohsiung.

Parents of children under sixteen, please note the additional requirements below. 

Applicants whose previous U.S. passport expired more than one year ago may be asked to provide additional valid photo ID (showing name in English), such as a Taiwan passport or U.S. driver's license.  The following items are required:

1. Passport
2. Completed application form (DS-11) with Taiwan contact number and address
3. Two 2” x 2” (5cm x 5cm) color passport photos (head size 1” to 1 3/8”) with a white background, taken within the past 6 months. For details about the photo size, please click here.
4. US$85 fee, payable by cash (NT$) or with a major credit card.  Applicants over sixteen applying for their first ten-year passport, and adult applicants whose passports expired more than five years ago must pay a total fee of US$100.
5. If you have changed your name, bring the original or a certified true copy of the court order or marriage certificate.  If you are requesting other changes, include all supporting documentation.

REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN:

Both parents must execute the application for a child under sixteen. The child him/herself must also be physically present for the application. In addition to the items required for five-year passports listed above, the following additional items are required for a child under sixteen:

1. Original or certified true copy of the child's U.S. birth certificate or Consular Report of Birth Abroad
2. Valid photo ID for both parents with name in English (such as a US, Taiwan or other passport or US driver's license) that matches the names on the child's birth certificate or Consular Report of Birth Abroad

When applying for a child whose previous passport photograph was taken before age two, parents must bring a series of "growing photos" of the child beginning with baby photos and continuing through the child's current age.  Photos showing the child with the parents are also helpful.
If one parent cannot appear to execute the application, the parent who appears must also bring the following items:

1. Signed, notarized consent from the absent parent giving permission to issue a passport to the child
2. The absent parent's valid photo ID (or a certified copy) with name in English that matches the name on the child's birth certificate or Consular Report of Birth Abroad

Click here to download a consent form

Your passport will be ready in about two weeks. 

If you have an emergency, you may apply for a limited validity emergency passport which will be issued while you wait.  In the case of an emergency, if there are no appointments available at the AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office before your scheduled departure, you may call AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office at (07) 238-7744 for an emergency passport.  We will attempt to assist you as expeditiously as possible. However, applicants with appointments have priority.

Click here to download passport application forms

Special Circumstances:

• Divorce:  If the parents are divorced, the applying parent must provide a court order granting custody of the child to the applying parent. 
• Death:  If one parent is deceased, the applying parent must bring the original or certified copy of the death certificate.  If both parents are deceased, the guardian must provide both death certificates and/or proof of guardianship. 
• Whereabouts unknown:  If the location of one parent is unknown, the applying parent must bring a written statement in English noting the date of last contact with the absent parent, efforts made to locate the parent, and any other relevant information.  A Consular officer will make a determination on a case-by-case basis.  More evidence may be required.

ADDING PASSPORT PAGES:

If you need additional pages in your passport, please use our mail-in procedures. We strongly encourage you to use this highly efficient method. We use Taiwan registered mail to return the passport to you and it is extremely secure and reliable.

Pages are added free of charge.  Under CFR 51.6, visa pages will not be added to "any passport which has been materially changed in physical appearance or composition, or which includes unauthorized changes, obliterations, entries or photographs".  This determination is made by the consular officer.

Applications for pages in minors' passports may be signed and submitted by one parent.

Click here to download application to add pages

To Add Pages by Mail:

1. Complete and sign application form (DS-4085) with Taiwan contact telephone and address
2. Enclose your valid U.S. passport
3. Include a self-addressed, stamped (NT $50 postage) envelope for AIT to return your passport to you
4. Mail it to the Consular Services office at:
   AIT Kaohsiung:  No.2, Chung Cheng 3rd Road, Kaohsiung 800
5. AIT will use your envelope to return the passport to you via registered mail in approximately 2 weeks.

To Add Pages in Person:

If you must apply in person you must make an appointment in Kaohsiung.  Click here to make an appointment in Kaohsiung. 

The following items are required:

1. A valid U.S. passport
2. A completed and signed application form (DS-4085) with Taiwan contact telephone and address

In case of an emergency, if there are no appointments available at the AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office before your scheduled departure, you may call AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office at (07)238-7744 to add pages for an emergency.  We will attempt to assist you as expeditiously as possible.  However, applicants with appointments have priority.

CHANGING PASSPORT DATA:

We cannot extend passports or make amendments.  If you would like to change your passport information, or have a limited passport that is about to expire, you will be issued a new passport.
If you have a valid U.S. passport issued less than one year ago and have changed your identifying information (such as name change due to marriage), need to extend the validity of a limited passport, or there was a printing error in your passport, you are eligible to file a passport re-application.

Click here to download passport re-application form

Please use our mail-in procedures. We strongly encourage you to use this highly efficient method. We will use Taiwan registered mail to return your passport and it is extremely secure and reliable.

To Apply by Mail:

1. Complete application form (DS-5504) including Taiwan contact telephone and address.
2. Enclose two 2" x 2" (5cm x 5cm) color passport photos (head size 1" to 1 3/8") with a white background.  Photos should be taken within the past 6 months. For details about the photo size, please click here.
3. If you have changed your name, include the original or a certified true copy of the court order or marriage certificate.  If you are requesting other changes, include all supporting documentation.
4. There is no fee.  Mail the above items with your current passport and a stamped (NT$50 postage) self-addressed envelope to the Consular Services office at the following Chinese version addresses:

   美國在台協會高雄分處
   800 高雄市中正三路二號五樓

   American Institute in Taiwan, Kaohsiung Branch Office
   No. 2, Chung Cheng 3rd Road, Kaohsiung 800

   (English version of the mailing address for your reference only.)
   

5. AIT will use your envelope to return the new and old passports to you via registered mail in approximately 2 weeks. AIT will not cancel any valid visas contained in the old passport.

To Apply in Person:

If you must apply in person you must make an appointment in Kaohsiung.  Click here to make an appointment in Kaohsiung.

The following items are required: 

1. Passport
2. Completed application form (DS-5504) with Taiwan contact number and address
3. Two 2” x 2” (5cm x 5cm) color passport photos (head size 1” to 1 3/8”) with a white background, taken within the past 6 months. For details about the photo size, please click here.
4. If you have changed your name, bring the original or a certified true copy of the court order or marriage certificate.  If you are requesting other changes, include all supporting documentation.
5. A self-addressed, stamped (NT $50 postage) envelope for AIT to use to return your passport.

Your new passport will be ready in about two weeks.  Your current passport will be cancelled and returned to you during your appointment. 

If you have an emergency, you may apply for a limited validity emergency passport which will be issued while you wait.  In the case of an emergency, if there are no appointments available at the AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office before your scheduled departure, you may call AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office at (07)238-7744 to apply for an emergency passport. We will attempt to assist you as expeditiously as possible. However, applicants with appointments have priority.

If your passport was issued more than one year ago and you have changed your identifying information, need to extend the validity of a limited passport, or there was a printing error in your passport, you must file a regular passport application.

• Click here for ten-year-validity passports.
• Click here for five-year-validity passports.
• Click here for passports for children under 16.

LOST OR STOLEN PASSPORTS:

You must appear in person to report a lost or stolen passport and apply for a replacement.  Click here to make an appointment in Kaohsiung.

If you have an emergency, you may apply for a limited validity emergency passport which will be issued while you wait.  In case of an emergency, if there are no appointments available at the AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office before your scheduled departure, you may call AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office at (07)238-7744 to apply for an emergency passport. You may contact our office during the normal business hours by calling (07) 238-7744 or call (02) 2162-2319 emergency line for after hours emergencies. Please note that the emergency line is only for non-visa emergency services. We will attempt to assist you as expeditiously as possible. However, applicants with appointments have priority.

The following items are required:

1. Written report of lost or stolen passport from the nearest National Immigration Agency Office (http://www.immigration.gov.tw).  (Required to depart Taiwan.)
2. Two 2” x 2” (5cm x 5cm) color passport photos (head size 1” to 1 3/8”) with a white background, taken within the past 6 months. For details about the photo size, please click here.
3. Valid photo identification (in English) as proof of identity
4. Birth certificate, naturalization certificate, or expired U.S. passport as proof of U.S. citizenship, or certified copies of these items.  (A regular photocopy of the missing passport is not proof of citizenship, but may be useful to research your citizenship.)
5. Completed application form (DS-11) and lost or stolen form (DS-64)  
6. US$100 fee for adults and US$85 for minors.  There may also be a US$45 fee for a search of the passport files.  All fees are payable by cash (NT$) or with a major credit card.   

After you have received a replacement passport from AIT, you must return to the nearest National Immigration Agency office where you filed the initial lost/stolen passport report to apply for an Exit Permit. An Exit Permit is required in order to leave Taiwan using this new passport.

Click here to download passport application and lost or stolen form

A Consular officer will determine whether you qualify for an emergency passport on a case by case basis. Click here for additional requirements for children under sixteen.

Your passport will be ready in approximately two weeks and will be sent to you via registered mail.

FEES:

In Kaohsiung, fees may be paid in either NT dollars or by credit card. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club and Discover. We do not accept personal checks or travelers checks.