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Do you reside in Colorado and need to apply for new passport? If so, there are three locations you can turn to when you need to get your travel document. First, you should calculate how many days before your departure date. This will help you determine the type of processing you need to request.

Colorado Passport Offices

You can apply  at a Colorado passport acceptance facility if your departure is 14 days or more away. A request for regular processing takes three weeks or more and a request for expedited service takes two weeks or more.  You will have to pay an additional fee to have your passport application processed but it is necessary if you need it quickly. There are many passport office locations including post offices, clerks of court, public libraries and other state, county, township, and municipal government offices. With approximately 120 of the more than 9,000 passport offices located in Colorado, you should be able to find one not too far from where you live. If you are unable to locate one in your county, it is highly probable that there is one located in a neighboring county.

After locating the nearest passport acceptance facility, you should take the completed but unsigned application form along with proof of citizenship, proof of identity, two passport photos and your payment there where an agent will witness the signing of the application and get it sent off for you. It is recommended that you use an overnight mailing service and write the word “expedite” on the outside of the envelope if you want to use this service.

Seattle Passport Agency Serving Colorado

If your flight is scheduled to leave within 14 days or less, you can call for an appointment at the Seattle passport agency. The appointment is set up by an automated phone service. During the year when the number of international travelers increases significantly, it can take numerous attempts to get through. When the appointment date has been set, you should travel to Seattle with the completed but unsigned application form and other required items. Arrive no more than 15 minutes early. Of course, arriving 15 minutes late will require you to reschedule your appointment. You take a number and then wait to be attended. If all your papers are in order you should receive your new passport the same day.

Rush Passport Expediting

Whenyou cannot dislocate from Colorado to the Seattle agency but you absolutely must get  a passport quickly, you can contract a rush passport expediter. You will still need to sign your application in the presence of an agent at a nearby passport acceptance facility. However, instead of mailing the application directly to Passport Services, you will mail the required application and documents to the expediter you choose. By choosing this method you can get your passport in as little as twenty-four hours.

From the above information, you have learned that Colorado residents have three ways they can acquire a passport: an acceptance facility, a regional agency or a travel document expediter. By applying at a local passport office you can expect to get your passport in two or three weeks. It may take longer if the number of applications being made is high. You can get your passport the same day at the regional agency. However, it requires you to travel to Seattle. Finally, an expediter can get your application processed in less than two weeks or, even, the same day if necessary.