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Renew 10-year Passports

Renewing 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.

If your current passport is not a 10-year passport, you must follow the instructions for “Renewing Five Year Validity Passport” or “Change Passport Data (for limited validity passports).” If you recently became 16 years or older and the new passport will be your first 10-year passport, please follow instructions for “Renewing Five Year Validity Passport.

To renew by mail:

  1. Passport, original and a copy of its information page
  2. Complete application form (DS-82) including social security number and Taiwan contact telephone and address.
    Please note—for applicants with no social security number or an unknown social security number, make sure to enter all zeros in the appropriate field when filling out the application online.
  3. Enclose one 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.
  4. 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. Please submit the original and photo copy of the relevant document.  
  5. Mail the above items with your current passport, a US$110 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 at one of the following addresses:

    American Institute in Taiwan - Taipei
    No.7, Lane 134, Hsin Yi Rd., Sec. 3, Taipei 106

    American Institute in Taiwan - Kaohsiung
    No.2, Chung Cheng 3rd Road, Kaohsiung 802
  6. AIT will use your envelope to return the passport to you via registered mail in approximately 3 - 4 weeks.


To renew in person:

If you must apply in person in Taipei you must make an appointment.

The following items are required:

  1. passport, original and a copy of its information page
  2. completed application form (DS-82) with Taiwan contact number and address
    Please note—for applicants with no social security number or an unknown social security number, make sure to enter all zeros in the appropriate field when filling out the application online.
  3. one 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
  4. US$110 fee, payable by cash (NT$ or US$) 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. Please submit the original and photo copy of the relevant document.
  6. Your passport will be ready in approximately 3 - 4 weeks and will be sent to you by courier. 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 travel need and can provide proof of a paid itinerary for travel in less than one week, you may apply for a limited validity emergency passport which will be issued while you wait. Emergency passports are usually valid for three months (but could be valid for up to one year, depending on the individual circumstances) and cannot be extended. They should be replaced with regular validity passports as soon as possible. Pages cannot be added to emergency passports.

In the case of an emergency, if there are no appointments available in Taipei before your scheduled departure, you may come to AIT to apply for an emergency passport without an appointment Monday through Friday between 8:30 - 11:30 AM and 1:30 - 3:00 PM. We will attempt to assist you as expeditiously as possible. However, applicants with appointments have priority.