Passport Checklist

• 2 Required Payments
  • 1st Payment: U.S. Department of State (Check or Money Order only)
  • 2nd Payment: Barren County Clerk’s Office Passport Services (Check, Money Order, or Cash only)
• Passport Application Form (Filled out & UNSIGNED)
  • Printable applications are available online at https://travel.state.gov/.
  • Application forms are also available at our office.
    • ***Please do not sign your application form prior to coming to our office.  It is required that you be present at the office and meeting with a Passport Specialist before you can sign the form.***
• Proof of United States Citizenship (one of the following)
  • Previous valid undamaged U.S. Passport
  • If you were born in the U.S., a Certified Birth Certificate issued by the state, city, or county of your birth (A certified copy will have a raised, embossed, impressed, or multicolored seal and the date the certificate was filed.  Please note that Hospital Birth Certificates are not acceptable.)
    • ***Please note that we will send your original documentation with your application.  Your original documentation will be mailed back to you by the U.S. State Department.***
• Proof of Identity
  • Valid Kentucky Driver’s License – If your license if not from KY, a second photo identification card is also required.
    • For children under the age of 16, the child and both parents or legal guardian(s) must appear in person and present the following:
      • Evidence of the child’s U.S. citizenship
      • Evidence of the child’s relationship to parents/guardian(s) AND parental/guardian identification
    • If only one parent appears, you must also submit one of the following:
      • Second parent’s notarized written statement consenting to issuance for the child
      • Primary evidence of sole authority to apply
      • A written statement (made under penalty of perjury) explaining the second party’s unavailability
• Passport Photo (We do NOT current take photos onsite)
  • Photos must be:
    • In color
    • 2 x 2 inches in size
    • Taken within the past 6 months, showing current appearance
    • Full face, front view with a plain white or off-white background
    • Between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head
    • Take in normal street attire:
      • Uniforms should NOT be worn in photographs except religious attire that is worn daily
      • Do NOT wear a hat or headgear that obscured the hair or hairline
      • If you normally wear a hearing device, wig, or similar articles, they SHOULD be worn for your photo
      • Glasses are NOT acceptable unless you need them for medical reasons (a medical certificate may be required)