Call the National Passport Information Center to change your application from routine to expedited processing. Complete the change by paying a $60 fee. For urgent travel plans, passport agencies ...

All of the passport's critical information—the number, your name, date of birth, and more—is printed on the data page of the passport, but also stored here, thus adding a second layer of data ...

Need to expedite your passport application after you’ve already sent it in? Here’s what you should do.

If your passport was issued after August 2007, you've got an e-passport with a small integrated chip in the back cover that stores your passport information and a biometric identifier based on ...