Passports

Passport applications must be made in person at the American Citizen Services Section of the Consulate between 1:30pm and 4:30pm any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday. New passports are generally issued within one week to ten days after application. Limited validity emergency passports may be issued in special circumstances.

• Adult passports
• Children's passports
• Lost/Stolen passports
• General passport information
• Increases to U.S. Passport Fees and New Parental Signature Requirements for U.S. Minors
  

New Online Passport Application Form Wizard

The U.S. Consulate General in Shenyang is pleased to announce the launch of new online passport application form wizard.  The form produced by this wizard contains a bar code which allows us to electronically transfer data into our system and therefore reduce waiting time during the passport application process.
 
The new online passport application form wizard can be found at:  https://pptform.state.gov/.
Once a passport applicant has entered the requested information, the wizard generates a PDF file form with a two-dimensional (2D) barcode.  This form must then be printed and submitted to the American Citizen Services Unit during our regular public hours (from 1:30pm to 4:30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday).

Data for the form must be input in English.  Please submit the original printed form -- photocopies or faxes of the printed form are not acceptable because the 2D barcode will not function properly.

One computer station in the ACS waiting room is now available for American citizens to use to complete and print out the application form at the Consulate.

U.S. Consulate Offers New Passport Delivery Service to American Citizens

Starting March 26, 2007, the U.S. Consulate General in Shenyang will begin implementing a new passport pass-back system that will offer greater convenience to American citizens.  They will no longer have to return to the U.S. Consulate to pick up their passports.  Shenyang consular district (Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang Provinces) American citizens may choose to have their passports returned directly to their homes via the China Post.  This service requires a small additional fee payable to the post office.  Americans may also choose instead to pick up their passports at the Consulate, and there is no fee to do so; however, we encourage Americans to consider the delivery option because it is more convenient and will not require a return trip to the Consulate.

Details:  After an American citizen is approved for a new or renewed passport, he or she will take the receipt for his or her passport to the China Post office at the Liaoning Consultant Service Hall for Citizens Exit, which is located across the street from the Consulate at No. 19, 14 Wei Road.  The Shenyang Post Office’s Express Messenger Service (EMS) representative will assist the American citizen to fill out a mailing label and to ensure that the information provided is correct.  EMS will then enter the customer’s name, ticket number, and date of birth into their computer system.  This system will assign a tracking number for each address.  American citizens can then access the tracking system by telephone to monitor the delivery process.

Delivery fees range from RMB 20 to 50, depending on the address and the number of passports -- for example, one family may be renewing multiple passports at the same time and EMS can accommodate up to four passports in a package.  The EMS fee must be paid in cash at the time of registration for the delivery service.