Your passport must be:
- Undamaged*
- Issued within the last 15 years
- Issued with a 10-year validity; and
- Issued in your current name or you have changed your name since your passport was issued and can submit legal documentation to prove this change.
To renew your passport, please provide the following:
- Application Form
Electronically complete (fill out) and print the DS-82 Application for a U.S. Passport wizard form. If you experience trouble with this Passport Application Wizard, please click here for Form DS-82 (PDF format) (PDF 81.3 KB).
Complete and print (PDF Format).
- Photograph
Bring One 2″ X 2″ (or 5 cm X 5 cm) color photograph with white background. For additional information on passport photos, go here.
- Your Current U.S. Passport
You must bring your old passport with your application. The passport will be returned to you to keep while the new passport is being printed and shipped to the Embassy. We will cancel the old passport before issuing the new one, when it arrives.
- Fee Payment
For a list of fees and forms used for passport applications, go to https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/information/fees.html. We accept the payments in U.S. Dollars or Moldovan Lei, by cash or credit card.
* Replacing Damaged Passports
Passports that are damaged or in poor condition should be replaced, regardless of remaining validity. You are required to apply for a renewal passport in person at the American Citizen Unit.
For security reasons, damaged passports may be retained by this office.
For damaged passports, this application will be the same as applying for an original passport.
To schedule an appointment please click here
Social Security Numbers
If you have been issued a social security number (SSN) you must provide it on your application for a U.S. passport. If the name on your social security record does not match the name on your passport application please make sure that you have completed question 9 on the form – ‘List all other names you have used’.
If you do not have a Social Security Number, you must submit a statement, signed and dated, that includes the phrase:
“I, (your name), declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the following is true and correct: I have never been issued a Social Security number by the Social Security Administration.
Date:___________________
Signature: ____________________________________”
How Long Does It Take To Receive the New Passport?
Processing time is about seven to ten days after we receive your completed application and approve it. All passports are now printed in the U.S. and must be shipped to Moldova. Because computers break, emergencies happen, and mail is sometimes delivered late, we suggest that you do not make any unchangeable travel plans until you have the new passport in hand.
