How to apply for US passport card when I already have passport book?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 2 Aug, 2023
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You may have found your answer by now, but this web site tells how to apply for the card, when you already have the book.
https://passportinfo.com/passport-card/
I have found nothing official on this, but at least one third-party passport information site recommends placing a sticky note on your passport saying “do not cancel,” so it seems that cancellation is not inevitable, but that it may happen accidentally from time to time. Ifk you’re very eager to prevent that, you could try to get the card in person at an agency (although that requires impending travel plans) or try David’s approach of using DS-11 and not sending the book at all. But that does carry an extra fee of (if I recall correctly) $35.
You may be able to apply for a passport card without submitting your passport book.
You must prove both US citizenship and identity in a passport or passport card application.
A passport is commonly used to prove US citizenship, but it isn’t the only method. The DS-11 form contains this text applicable to US citizens who were born in the US:
Submit a previous U.S. passport or certified birth certificate. Passports that are limited in validity will need to be supplemented by other evidence. A birth certificate must include your full name, date and place of birth, sex, date the birth record was filed, the seal or other certification of the official custodian of such records (state, county, or city/town office), and the full names of your parent(s).
Thus, if born in the US, you may satisfy the citizenship requirement by obtaining a certified copy of your birth certificate. County recorders can supply such certified copies at moderate cost. (If you were born outside the US, the requirements are different, and may be harder to satisfy.)
As for the identity requirement, the DS-11 says:
You may submit items such as the following containing your signature AND a photograph that is a good likeness of you: previous or current U.S. passport book; previous or current U.S. passport card; driver’s license (not temporary or learner’s license); Certificate of Naturalization; Certificate of Citizenship; military identification; or federal, state, or municipal government employee identification card. Temporary or altered documents are not acceptable.
As with citizenship, your passport is one way to declare identity, but it is not the only way.
EDIT: note, however, that @phoog has answered below reporting a $35. additional fee for filing a DS-11.
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If I already have a passport book, can I use the DS-82 to get a passport card?
Yes. If you have a passport book and you are eligible to use Form DS-82, you may apply for a passport card as a renewal by mail even if it is your first passport card. Learn more about the U.S. passport card.
Seems you should use the form DS-11.
DS-11 is for applying for a new document and allows you to specify Passport Card as the new document.
This is just what I found after a quick search and it could be incorrect.
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