Additional Passport Information

• Limited Validity Passports
• Name Changes
• Correction of Printing Errors
• Passport Cards

Limited Validity Passports

The staff of the American Citizen Services Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul may issue limited validity passports to facilitate genuine emergency travel. Bearers must exchange the limited validity emergency passport for a digitized passport upon completion of emergency travel.

To exchange the limited validity passport, submit the following information in person with an appointment:

• Passport application must be filled out using the Passport Wizard. Once completed, please print the application form, but DO NOT sign. Applications filled out by hand will not be accepted.
• Fee: $135 if renewing after one year of issuance
• The limited validity passport for cancellation
• One passport photograph (sized 2”x2” or 5cm x 5cm with a white background taken within the last six months)
• Any additional required documentation 
• A return delivery courier slip (available at the Embassy if submitting the application in person) 

Name Changes

A passport applicant who wants to have his/her passport changed to reflect a name change may receive a free replacement passport if the requested change is made within one year from the date of the original passport issuance. 

Documents needed to exchange your passport due to a name change:

• Passport application must be filled out using the Passport Wizard. Once completed, please print and sign the application form. Applications filled out by hand will not be accepted.
• No additional fees if renewing within one year of issuance
• Fee: $110 if renewing after one year of issuance
• Your most recent passport
• If your name changed, please submit evidence to support your name change such as an original or certified marriage certificate.
• One passport photograph (sized 2" X 2" or 5 cm X 5 cm with a white background taken within the last six months)
• A return delivery courier slip (available at the Embassy if submitting the application in person) 

Correction of Printing Errors

A passport applicant who wants to have biographical data corrected in his/her passport due to Department error may receive a free replacement passport with corrected data at any time.

Documents needed to exchange your passport for correction of printing errors:

• Passport application must be filled out using the Passport Wizard. Once completed, please print and sign the application form. Applications filled out by hand will not be accepted.
• No additional fees  
• Your passport with the incorrect biographical data
• If there is a printing error in the descriptive data, please submit evidence showing the correct information such as an original or certified birth certificate or a marriage certificate.
• One passport photograph (sized 2" X 2" or 5 cm X 5 cm with a white background taken within the last six months)
• A return delivery courier slip (available at the Embassy if submitting the application in person) 

Note: To receive notification regarding the status of your passport, please provide an email address on the passport application.

Processing takes about two weeks upon receipt of a completed application. Your passport will be returned via courier. Please note that you will pay for this service in cash directly to the courier upon delivery.

Passport Cards

The U.S. Passport Card can be used to enter the United States from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda at land border crossings or sea ports-of-entry and is more convenient and less expensive than a passport book. The passport card cannot be used for international travel by air.

All U.S. passport card applications submitted at the U.S. Embassies and Consulates are sent to the United States for processing. If you are applying for a passport card along with a passport book, please note that they are processed separately. The processing of a passport card can take an additional month or two and can be mailed to you separately

For more information about the passport card, please visit the Department of States website.

For American Citizen Services (ACS) general inquiries, please e-mail us at seoulinfoacs@state.gov.

If you are an American citizen facing an emergency, please call us at +82-(0)2-397-4114. If you have access to DSN, please call 721-4114.

For more information on how to contact us, please click here.

updated: April 26, 2012