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Change Passport Data or Replace Limited Validity Passport Data

Changing Passport Data or Replace Limited Validity Passport Data

We cannot extend passports or make amendments.  If you would like to change your passport information, or have a limited validity passport, you will be issued a new passport.

You are eligible for a NO FEE “re-application” if:

  1. 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),
  2. you have a limited validity passport issued less than one year ago (even if it has expired), or
  3. there was a printing error in your passport issued less than one year 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 passport to you and it is extremely secure and reliable.

To apply by mail:

  1. Passport, original and a copy of its information page 
  2. Complete application form (DS-5504) including 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 a copy of the relevant document.
  5. There is no fee.  Mail the above items with your current passport and a stamped (NT$50 postage) self-addressed envelope to the American Citizen Services office at one of the following addresses:
    AIT Taipei: No.7 Lane 134, Hsin Yi Road, Sec. 3, Taipei, 106
  6. AIT will use your envelope to return the new and old passports to you via registered mail in approximately 3 - 4 weeks. AIT will not cancel valid visas remaining in the old passport.

To apply in person:

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

The following items are required: 

  1. passport, original and photo copy 
  2. completed application form (DS-5504) 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. 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. Please submit the original and a copy of the relevant document.

Your passport will be ready in about three weeks and will be sent to you by courier. Your previous passport will be cancelled and returned to you during your appointment. 

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.

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