• Renewing a 10-year U.S. Passport
• Passports for Children
• Replacing a Limited Validity (1-year) Passport

To apply for your first time adult passport, you will need:

In order to renew a passport that was issued before the age of 16 or one that was issued more than 15 years ago, you are required to apply in person by attending a pre-arranged appointment.

Required Documents

• Form DS-11 available online here or as a downloadable PDF (6 pages/84 Kb). You must print the form but DO NOT sign
• Your most recent U.S. passport
• Government issued identification (such as a foreign passport or driving license)
• One passport photograph

Photo Requirements

• Color photograph
• Taken in the last 6 months
• No eyeglasses (If you must wear eyeglasses for medical reasons, you’ll need to submit a signed statement with your application from a medical professional)
• 2 x 2 inches or 5×5 cm
• Fees : $165 (for applicants age 16 and over)

Valid passports cannot be amended. Customers requesting name changes, extension of validity for limited passports, or correction of a printing error need to apply for passport replacement.

If the change is within one year after issuance date of your current passport, you need to submit:

• U.S. Passport Re-Application Form DS-5504.
• Passport that needs the change.
• The required change supporting documentation.
• One photograph. The image must be sharp and correctly exposed. Click for photo requirements.

Passport fees – no fee applies for this service.

If the change is required more than one year after issuance date of your current passport, you need to follow instruction for passport renewals described previously.

Please report that your passport is stolen to the nearest police station or submit application online at https://www.politsei.ee/en/report-to-police

Please contact the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Tallinn to report that your passport is lost or stolen.

To apply for a replacement of a lost or stolen passport, you will need:

• A completed passport application Form DS-11 and Form DS-64.
• A report from Estonian police with details about the passport theft or loss.
• Proof of your U.S. citizenship (U.S. birth certificate, previous passports or naturalization certificate).
• Photo identification (ID cards, driver’s license, etc.).
• One photograph. The image must be sharp and correctly exposed. Click for photo requirements.
• If the applicant is a child under sixteen years of age, both parents, in person, must confirm their consent for issuing a passport to their child. If a parent cannot be physically present at the time the passport application is submitted, a signed Statement of Consent of Issuance of Passport to Child under Age Sixteen Form DS-3053 must be added to the application. The statement giving the non-appearing parent’s unconditional consent to the issuance of the passport has to be in English and must be notarized.

To make an appointment please send an email to acstallinn@state.gov

For emergency ACS services, please call 66 88 100 or send an email to ACSTallinn@state.gov

For notarial services, please call 66 88 100 or send an email to VisaTallinn@state.gov

This page provides information only for U.S. citizens renewing a 5-year passport.

The applicant should complete Form DS-11, which can be downloaded, or which can be completed on-site at the U.S. Embassy’s Consular Section. The fee for applicants under 16 is $135 for a 5-year passport. The fee for those 16 and over getting their first 10-year adult passport is $165. These fees will be payable at the time you visit the Consular Section, can be paid by card only. These fees will be payable at the time you visit the Consular Section and can be paid by card only.

The applicant should present the following items:

1. Completed Form DS-11. Please do not sign this form until instructed to do so by the Consul.
2. One passport photo (no more than 6 months old), 2 inches (5 cm) square with a white background.
3. Most recent U.S. passport.
4. If the applicant’s appearance has changed since the last passport was issued, some other form of photo ID, such as a recently-issued school ID or Estonian passport. If no such photo ID is available, please bring a series of family photographs (e.g., for a 6-year old applicant who last passport was issued at age 1, please bring a series of family photos taken at ages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5).
5. Your child’s U.S. birth certificate or Consular Report of Birth Abroad, showing the parent’s name(s)
6. Both the child and the parent(s) are required to be present if the child is under 16 years.

If the applicant is under age 16, the following items must also be presented in addition to those listed above:

1. Your child’s U.S. birth certificate or Consular Report of Birth Abroad, showing the parent’s name(s)
2. Photo ID (e.g., passport, driver’s license, Estonian ID card) for both parents.
3. If one parent cannot be present, signed & notarized Form DS-3053 accompanied by photocopy of absent parent’s photo ID with signature. If one parent has sole legal custody, or the absent parent is not available due to death, disappearance, etc., please contact the Consular Section to address the matter with the Consul.
4. Both the child and the parent(s) are required to be present if the child is under 16 years.

Applicants under age 16 receive a 5-year passport. Applicants age 16 or older receive a 10-year passport. Once the application is complete and approved by the Consul, the passport will be ready for pick-up in approximately 7 – 10 days.

More information on U.S. passports is available on the main travel website of the U.S. Department of State.

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).