Passport renewal applications can now be received by mail.
If you can answer yes to all of the below criteria, please email [email protected] for instructions on how to proceed. If you don’t meet the below criteria, you’ll need to lodge your application in person at the embassy.
Adult Passport Renewal
For an Adult passport renewal application to be received this way, you must be 18 years and over and you will need an existing passport that:
- Was issued when you were 16 years or older;
- Was issued on or after 1 January 2006;
- Had, when it was issued, at least two years’ validity;
- Has your current name, date of birth and gender, and
- Has not been reported lost, stolen, or cancelled.
Child Passport Renewal
Child renewal applications for children aged 15 or younger can be lodged by mail.
First time passports, passports for children aged 16 and 17 years, and applications to replace temporary or emergency passports must continue to be lodged in person.