Is this the official government site?

No. PostalForm is a private preparation service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State. The State Department's own online renewal at travel.state.gov is free of service fees if you qualify - our kit is for the paper DS-82 path.

Can I pay the $130 government fee by card?

Not by mail - mailed renewals require a check or money order payable to "U.S. Department of State." The kit gives you the exact amount, payee, and memo line to copy.

What if I'm not eligible for the DS-82?

The eligibility check tells you before you pay anything, and points you to the right official process (usually Form DS-11 in person). We only sell the kit to people it can actually help.

Passport photos (about $15 at a pharmacy - the kit's checklist tells you exactly what to ask for) and the government fee itself.

How fast will I have my kit?

The download kit is instant after payment. The mailing part is yours: print, sign, assemble, and drop it off with the included prepaid label.

Do I have to mail in my old passport?

Yes - a DS-82 renewal submits your most recent passport with the application, and the State Department returns it to you. That's also why the kit's label is tracked.

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Passport kit

Renew your passport by mail - the complete kit, ready in about 10 minutes

Answer guided questions once and download everything a mail-in renewal needs: your filled official DS-82, the exact government fee check spelled out, a photo checklist, and a prepaid tracked USPS label to the correct processing lockbox. $29 routine / $39 expedited - and you preview the exact filled form before paying anything.

Published Jul 28, 2026

Start my renewal kit - $29

How it works

Step 1

Check eligibility

Six yes/no questions, the same ones the DS-82 requires. Takes about 30 seconds.

Step 2

Answer the guided questions

Every DS-82 field in one pass, with plain-English help. About 10 minutes.

Step 3

Preview your exact filled form

See the completed DS-82 before paying. $29 routine / $39 expedited.

Step 4

Print, sign, and mail

Sign in black ink, staple your photo, enclose your old passport and fee check, and drop it off with the included label. We email you when USPS accepts it and when it's delivered.

Can you renew by mail? (30 seconds)

The State Department only accepts mailed DS-82 renewals from applicants who can answer Yes to six statements. Check yourself here - if the answer is No, we'll say so now, before you've spent a dollar or typed a single form field.

30-second check

Can you renew by mail? Answer the six DS-82 questions

These are the same six statements the State Department requires for a mail renewal. If any answer is No, better to find out now - before you spend anything.

1.Do you have your most recent passport to mail in?

DS-82 renewals submit the old passport with the application. It is returned to you.

2.Were you 16 or older when it was issued?

3.Was it issued within the last 15 years?

4.Is it undamaged - not lost or stolen?

5.Is it a regular full-validity passport?

Limited-validity passports use a different process.

6.Is it in your current name - or can you document the change?

A certified marriage certificate or court order counts as documentation.

What the kit includes

Your filled official DS-82 (04-2025 edition), typed and print-ready - you sign and date in black ink
Exact fee-check instructions: the precise amount from the current fee schedule ($130 book / $30 card / $160 both, +$60 expedited), the exact payee line, and the memo the State Department asks for
The passport photo checklist covering the common rejection reasons - photos are the #1 reason applications bounce
A prepaid tracked USPS label pre-addressed to the correct processing lockbox for your state and service speed - Priority Mail for expedited, with the required "EXPEDITE" envelope marking called out
Tracking emails when USPS accepts your envelope and again when it reaches the National Passport Processing Center

Government fees are always separate and always yours to pay - no legitimate service absorbs them. By mail they must be paid by check or money order, not by card; the kit spells out exactly how to write it.

The real deadline math

Routine mail renewals take 4-6 weeks at the State Department once delivered; expedited takes 2-3 weeks plus the $60 government surcharge (travel.state.gov, July 2026). The queue starts when your envelope arrives - so a kit you mail this week enters this week's queue, and every week you wait moves your passport back a week.

The honest cutoffs:

Travel more than ~7 weeks out: routine service is fine. Mail it this week and relax.
Travel in 4-6 weeks: pay the $60 expedite and use the Priority label - waiting a week on routine is how people end up paying for couriers.
Travel within ~2 weeks: no mail-in service is fast enough, ours included. Book a passport-agency appointment or a registered courier.

The three-question test for any passport site

Some passport sites are built to be mistaken for government pages: official-sounding domains, no price until after checkout, and $65-$140 fees for nothing more than a prefilled PDF. Before paying any site - including this one - ask three questions:

Is the price visible before you start? Ours is: $29 routine / $39 expedited, at the top of this page.
Do you see exactly what you're buying before you pay? Here, yes: you preview the complete filled DS-82 first.
Does the site say plainly it is not the government? PostalForm is a private document-preparation service and is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State. The DS-82 form itself is free, and you can always file it yourself paying only the government fee.

A site that fails any of the three is charging you for the fine print.

$29 routine / $39 expedited - one flat price, shown before you start.

The kit price includes the prepaid tracked USPS label (roughly $6-10 of postage you would buy anyway). The government fee - $130 book / $30 card / $160 both, +$60 expedited - is always separate, always yours, and paid by check with instructions the kit writes out for you.

Trust

Preview before you pay

you see the complete filled DS-82 - every field - before entering a card.

Eligibility screened first

if the DS-82 can't work for you, we say so before collecting anything.

Privacy-first SSN handling

by default the kit leaves your Social Security number blank for you to write on the printed form.

Not the government, and says so

PostalForm is a private preparation service; the form itself is free to DIY.

FAQs

Is this the official government site?: No. PostalForm is a private preparation service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State. The State Department's own online renewal at travel.state.gov is free of service fees if you qualify - our kit is for the paper DS-82 path.
Can I pay the $130 government fee by card?: Not by mail - mailed renewals require a check or money order payable to "U.S. Department of State." The kit gives you the exact amount, payee, and memo line to copy.
What if I'm not eligible for the DS-82?: The eligibility check tells you before you pay anything, and points you to the right official process (usually Form DS-11 in person). We only sell the kit to people it can actually help.
What's not included?: Passport photos (about $15 at a pharmacy - the kit's checklist tells you exactly what to ask for) and the government fee itself.
How fast will I have my kit?: The download kit is instant after payment. The mailing part is yours: print, sign, assemble, and drop it off with the included prepaid label.
Do I have to mail in my old passport?: Yes - a DS-82 renewal submits your most recent passport with the application, and the State Department returns it to you. That's also why the kit's label is tracked.

Ready to get started?

Six eligibility questions first, then the guided DS-82. You preview the exact filled form before paying anything.