{
  "id": "passport-fee",
  "version": "247aef36feb6",
  "status": "published",
  "name": "Passport Fee Calculator",
  "question": "What is the passport fee?",
  "summary": "Adds up US passport fees for 2026: the application fee for a book, card, or both, the acceptance fee, and expedited service, faster delivery, and file search.",
  "category": "everyday-life",
  "subcategory": "travel-and-fuel",
  "url": "https://www.acalculator.org/everyday-life/passport-fee-calculator",
  "markdown": "https://www.acalculator.org/everyday-life/passport-fee-calculator.md",
  "kind": "function",
  "method": "Per applicant: application fee (book, card, or both) + $60 if expedited + $26.87 for 1-3 day delivery (books) + $150 for a file search + the $35 acceptance fee for a first or in-person application. Total = per applicant × number of applicants.",
  "assumptions": [
    "Fees from the U.S. Department of State fee chart, last updated March 19, 2026.",
    "A renewal by mail or online pays no acceptance fee. Applicants 16 and 17 apply as adults (DS-11) and pay adult fees.",
    "Not included: passport photos, postage to send your application, and private expediting services."
  ],
  "inputs": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "who": {
        "title": "Applicant",
        "description": "First passport or in person at 16 or older (DS-11), adult renewal (DS-82), or a child under 16.",
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "adult",
          "renewal",
          "minor"
        ]
      },
      "type": {
        "title": "Passport",
        "description": "A passport book (all international travel), a card (land and sea to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Bermuda), or both.",
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "book",
          "card",
          "both"
        ]
      },
      "n": {
        "title": "Number of applicants",
        "description": "How many people of this kind are applying.",
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1,
        "maximum": 50
      },
      "exp": {
        "title": "Expedited service",
        "description": "Faster processing for $60 per application.",
        "type": "boolean"
      },
      "ship": {
        "title": "1-3 day return delivery",
        "description": "Faster return of a passport book for $26.87 per application (books only).",
        "type": "boolean"
      },
      "search": {
        "title": "File search",
        "description": "A $150 search of passport records, when you cannot show proof of US citizenship.",
        "type": "boolean"
      }
    }
  },
  "outputs": {
    "total": {
      "label": "Total fees",
      "description": "Everything you pay for all applicants.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "stateFee": {
      "label": "Paid to the Department of State",
      "description": "Application fees and service fees, for all applicants.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "acceptance": {
      "label": "Acceptance fee",
      "description": "Paid separately to the acceptance facility for in-person applications.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "perPerson": {
      "label": "Per applicant",
      "description": "The total for one applicant.",
      "format": "money"
    }
  },
  "defaultAnswer": {
    "inputs": {
      "who": "adult",
      "type": "book",
      "n": 1,
      "exp": false,
      "ship": false,
      "search": false
    },
    "outputs": {
      "total": 165,
      "stateFee": 130,
      "acceptance": 35,
      "perPerson": 165
    },
    "text": "Your passport fees come to $165.00 in all: $130.00 to the Department of State and $35.00 to the acceptance facility."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "given": {
        "who": "adult",
        "type": "book"
      },
      "expect": {
        "stateFee": 130,
        "acceptance": 35,
        "total": 165
      },
      "source": "U.S. Department of State, Passport fees, https://travel.state.gov/en/passports/apply/help/fees.html; hand calculation in content.mdx: $130 book + $35 acceptance"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "who": "renewal",
        "type": "book",
        "exp": true,
        "ship": true
      },
      "expect": {
        "total": 216.87,
        "acceptance": 0
      },
      "source": "U.S. Department of State, Passport fees, https://travel.state.gov/en/passports/apply/help/fees.html; hand calculation in content.mdx: $130 + $60 expedite + $26.87 delivery; Python 3: 130+60+26.87"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "who": "minor",
        "type": "both",
        "n": 2
      },
      "expect": {
        "perPerson": 150,
        "total": 300
      },
      "source": "U.S. Department of State, Passport fees, https://travel.state.gov/en/passports/apply/help/fees.html; hand calculation in content.mdx: ($115 book and card + $35 acceptance) × 2"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "who": "adult",
        "type": "card",
        "ship": true
      },
      "expect": {
        "total": 65
      },
      "source": "U.S. Department of State, Passport fees, https://travel.state.gov/en/passports/apply/help/fees.html; hand calculation in content.mdx: $30 card + $35 acceptance; 1-3 day delivery is for books only"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "U.S. Department of State, Passport fees (last updated March 19, 2026; retrieved 2026-10-05). https://travel.state.gov/en/passports/apply/help/fees.html"
  ],
  "related": [
    "travel-time",
    "gas",
    "distance"
  ],
  "changelog": []
}