Downtown Miami office will process passports on Saturday, May 18, no appointments needed

If you’ve been putting off getting a new passport, or are a first time international traveler, you may want to take advantage of the U.S. Department of State’s “Passport Day” happening Saturday, May 18, in downtown Miami.

From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Miami Passport Agency will process passports with no appointments required. Travelers can opt for routine passport service, which takes four to six weeks, or expedited service of half the wait for a $60 extra fee.

The address is at 1501 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 210.

Check with the U.S. Department of State’s travel.state.gov website or call the National Passport Information Center at 1-877-487-2778 for information about required forms, documents and fees. Information is available in Spanish and English.

Parking is available for a fee in The Omni Center building.

This story was originally published May 13, 2019 at 12:55 PM.

Taylor Dolven

Miami Herald

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Taylor Dolven is a business journalist who has covered the tourism industry at the Miami Herald since 2018. Her reporting has uncovered environmental violations of cruise companies, the impact of vacation rentals on affordable housing supply, safety concerns among pilots at MIA’s largest cargo airline and the hotel industry’s efforts to delay a law meant to protect workers from sexual harassment.