January 15, 2026 is the next Passport-palooza

Mark your calendars! Come get your passport application processed—no appointment necessary. Please check the lists below to ensure you are eligible and come prepared!

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About Passport-palooza

Passport-palooza is a one day only, no appointment necessary, passport processing event open to all. It's a twice-a-year event held in January and May and is for:

• First-time adult passports
• Adult passport renewals where the original passport is expired by more than five years
• Lost or stolen adult passport renewals
• New and renewing children's passports

If you are an adult whose passport is expired by less than five years, you must renew online. Use the US Department of State's Renew by Mail option for recent renewals.

What to Bring

You will need to bring many things with you in order for us to be able to process your application. Please double check this list to ensure you've got it all! We will have to send away any applicants that cannot provide all of the required materials.

1. Everyone applying for a passport. Children must be present to get their passport. Both parents must also be present if the child is under 16 (or you must bring a Statement of Consent (DS-3053) or Statement of Special Family Circumstances (DS-5525))
2. An unsigned, but completely filled out, accurate passport application (DS-11) for each applicant. If you are filling out the application by hand and make a mistake, you MUST start over. No cross outs, scribbles, or other marks can be on the application. If you are reporting your passport as lost or stolen, you must also complete an additional form (DS-64).
3. Original forms of ID and citizenship. There are many documents that qualify as ID, but typically these are a driver's license or your 5yr+ expired passport. There are also many documents that qualify as citizenship evidence, but typically this is a birth certificate. Birth certificates must be original and government issued--if it has baby footprints on it or was issued by the hospital, that is not a birth certificate.
4. Certified name change documentation. If your name has changed at any point, whether by marriage, divorce, or court order, you must bring a certified copy and regular copy of the documentation.
5. One black and white photocopy, front and back, of each form of ID and citizenship. Photocopies must be black and white, not color.
6. A photo of each applicant. These photos have strict requirements set out by the State Department. It must be a 2" square, color photo, with a white background, without eyeglasses or hats, and a neutral expression (you can smile, but no teeth).

7. Two checks or money orders per application. Each application will be mailed out with a check to the department of state, so you may not combine the cost of multiple applications into a single check. If multiple family members are applying, the processing fees to Jefferson County may be combined into one check, but you will still require one additional check per application to be mailed out.

https://www.jeffco.us/4869/Passport-palooza