General Information

All regular passports are printed in the U.S. and then sent to the overseas Embassy or Consulate that processed the application.  Applications submitted at the consular agency in Cochabamba or Santa Cruz are forwarded to the Consular Section in La Paz for processing.

Once the application is duly completed and approved by the officer, the U.S. Consular Section will receive the passport within twelve days. 

Please note that the documentation requirements are the same for a regular or emergency passport.  Depending on the information presented with the application, additional documentation may be required. 

Effective February 1, 2008, passport applicants who are U.S. citizen minors under the age of 16 must appear personally with their parents to establish identity, proof of citizenship and proof of relationship. For parental application permission, both parents must appear together and sign, or one parent may appear to sign and submit the other parent’s notarized statement, or one parent may appear, sign, and submit primary evidence of sole authority. Minors age 16 and 17 may apply in person with their own identification, but for security reasons, parental consent may be required.  If your child does not have identification of their own, a parent will be required to accompany the child and present identification.