If you are replacing a 10-year validity passport that was issued within the last 15 years and you are able to present this passport, you can apply for a new passport using Form DS-82.  You do not need to appear personally at the U.S. Embassy and can send the completed form and original passport to the U.S. Embassy with someone you trust.  Please do not send the application and passport by mail.

Required Items:

• Completed and signed DS-82.  If the applicant has a social security number, it MUST be included in the application in order for the application to be considered complete.
• Two full-face 2 inch-by-2 inch identical color photographs taken within the last six months with a white or light background.  Photo Shops in Dakar.
• Original U.S. passport.
• Cash fee of $110 or equivalent in CFA.

If you are applying for your first adult passport; are replacing a lost, stolen, or mutilated passport; or are not able to present a 10-year validity passport that was issued within the last 15 years; you must appear in person to apply for a new U.S. passport.

Required Items:

• Completed, but not signed, DS-11 — Do Not Sign until instructed to by a consular officer.
• Two full face 2 inch-by-2 inch identical color photographs taken within the last six months with a white or light background.
• Proof of citizenship, such as a previous U.S. passport or original birth certificate.
• Proof of identity, such as a photo i.d.
• Cash fee of $135 or equivalent in CFA.

Payment Information

The Consular Section can only accept cash fees in U.S. Dollars or the equivalent in CFA.  We regret that we cannot accept checks or credit cards.

For children under age 16, both parents and the child must personally appear at the U.S. Embassy.

Required items:

• Completed, but not signed, Form DS-11 (PDF 104 KB) — Do Not Sign until instructed to by a consular officer. If the applicant has a social security number, it MUST be included in the application in order for the application to be considered complete.
• Two full-face 2 inch-by-2 inch identical color photographs taken within the last six months with a white or light background.
  Evidence of the child’s relationship to the parents/guardians, such as an original birth certificate or consular report of birth abroad.
• Previous U.S. passports are not acceptable as proof of relationship to the applying parent(s)/guardian(s).
• Proof of identity for both parents.
• Proof of child’s citizenship, such as a previous U.S. passport or original birth certificate.
• Proof of child’s identity, such as a photo ID.
• Photo age progression – Passport renewals for children whose most recent passport was issued under the age of 5 should present one to two photographs per year of the child from the age in the previous passport to the present age.
• Cash fee of $105 or equivalent in CFA.

Note: All documents must be submitted in original or certified copy with one photo copy of each.

If a parent cannot personally appear and sign the Form DS-11 (PDF 104 KB), then the other parent must submit:

• An original notarized statement of consent authorizing passport issuance for the child, or
• A completed Form DS-3053 (Statement of Consent: Issuance of a Passport to a Minor Under Age 16)

and

• The absent parent’s identification information. A copy of his/her ID may be used for this purpose.

A parent who has sole authority to apply for a passport must present proof, such as a birth certificate listing only the applying parent; a court order granting sole custody to the applying parent (unless child’s travel is restricted by that order); a court order specifically permitting applying parent’s or guardian’s travel with the child; or a death certificate of non-applying parent.

If neither parent is physically present, the adult accompanying the child must present:

1. An original power of attorney from both parents authorizing that person to act in the parents’ capacity, and
2. An original notarized consent statements from both parents

Note: Incomplete applications may be asked to return at a later date.