U.S. Embassy & Consulate
in New Zealand, Cook Islands and Niue

Changing the Descriptive Data on Your Passport or Replacing a Limited Validity Passport

Submit Form DS-5504 if all the following are true:

• you can submit your most recent passport which has not been damaged; and,
• that passport was issued less than one year ago.

Preparing a Complete Application

Please disregard the pre-printed instructions on the online forms and submit all of the following.

• Completed, legible Form DS-5504: Application for a U.S. Passport;
• Most recent U.S. passport,
• One (1) U.S. sized passport photograph (Note: must not be the same photo as previously used in a passport. New Zealand size photos are not the correct size. Submitted passport photos must have  a white, off-white or cream background).
• Applicants under age 16: One parent is required to sign the application. Please submit the child’s original birth certificate and the signing parent’s original photographic identity, such as a valid passport.
• If applicable, original documentation to support name change or change of other descriptive data (certified photocopies are not acceptable).
• A courier envelope for return of your new and old passports (Note: we are unable to accept Registered Post envelopes to return the documents.).

Fees

There are no fees for this application.

Submitting the Application

• By mail: Applications should be mailed to the Consulate General Auckland.