Passport Offices and Expedited Passports in Connecticut

In detail

Getting a passport in Connecticut

Connecticut has its own State Department passport agency in Stamford, and New York and Boston are also within reach. Most residents apply for a first passport at a post office or a town office. For urgent travel you can book an agency appointment or use a registered courier such as Allstate Passports & Visas. This page covers 68 Connecticut cities, explains each option, and shows where your Connecticut birth certificate is kept, which depends on the year you were born.

Acceptance facilities in Connecticut

A first passport, a passport for a child or a replacement for a lost or stolen one starts at an acceptance facility. In Connecticut these are mostly post offices and some town offices, often by appointment. The city pages above list the facilities in each area.

Take Form DS-11, unsigned until the agent asks, a certified birth certificate or other proof of citizenship, a photo ID with a photocopy, and one passport photo. Two fees apply, one to the U.S. Department of State and one to the facility.

The Connecticut Passport Agency in Stamford

The Connecticut Passport Agency in Stamford is the closest State Department agency for Fairfield and New Haven counties. From Hartford, the Boston Passport Agency is a similar drive. Both see applicants by appointment only, and only if they travel internationally within 14 days or need a foreign visa within 28 days. Bring proof of travel. How to book an agency appointment.

Birth certificates in Connecticut

Where to order depends on your birth year. If you were born in 2002 or later, any town clerk in Connecticut can issue your certified birth certificate. If you were born before 2002, go to the town clerk in the town where you were born, the town where your mother lived at the time, or the State Vital Records Office. A certified copy costs $20 from a town and $30 from the state, and many towns also take online orders.

Connecticut birth records less than 100 years old are confidential. Certified copies go to the person named (18 or older), a parent, spouse, adult child, grandparent or legal guardian, and to a few others listed in state law, with a government photo ID. Details are on the Connecticut Department of Public Health birth certificate page.