The City Clerk’s Office is a U.S. Department of State designated Passport Application Acceptance Facility. U.S. citizens planning international travel may apply for passports at the office, located at City Hall, 9500 Civic Center Drive, Second Floor, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Everyone applying for a passport must appear in person, including infants and children.
For international travel information, application forms, and other passport information, please visit the Department of State’s travel website at http://travel.state.gov or call the City Clerk's Office at 303-538-7230.
Necessary Documents
Applicants will need to provide:
• Application for a U.S. passport (Form DS-11) – This form is available at the City Clerk’s Office or can be downloaded from the Department of State’s website at http://travel.state.gov. While the application may be filled out in advance, it must be signed in the presence of a Passport Acceptance Agent. Do not sign the application before submitting it to the City Clerk’s Office.
• Proof of citizenship – This can be a certified birth certificate, a previously issued passport or Naturalization Certificate. The original document will be sent in with your application and returned to you when your passport is issued. Most people will submit a certified birth certificate, which must include the following items:
- A file date, or the date the certificate was filed in the registrar’s office, within one year of the birth;
- Child’s full name;
- Parents’ names;
- Date and place of birth;
- Registrar’s signature; and
- A raised, embossed, impressed or multicolored seal of the registrar’s office.
We cannot accept a photocopy, a notarized copy, hospital certificate or baptismal certificate as proof of U.S. citizenship. There are several ways to obtain a certified copy of your birth certificate. You may contact the county or state in which you were born or use an internet service such as www.VitalChek.com. If you were born in Colorado, you can go to:
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Vital Records Section
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
www.cdphe.state.co.us/certs/birth.html
• Proof of identity – A valid driver’s license (not temporary or learner’s permit), naturalization certificate, previous passport, government-issued I.D. with photo and signature, or military I.D. with photo and signature.
• One passport photo – The city provides photos for a fee of $10. Applicants may also provide their own photo; however, photographs that do not comply with Department of State specifications will be rejected. Walgreens, Wal-Mart, Costco, FedEx Office and other photo processing centers often provide passport photo services. Listed below are the specific requirements for passport photos:
- Submit one (1) identical color photos.
- Photo must be recent – within the last six months.
- Photo must measure 2x2 inches, with an image size from bottom of chin to top of head (including hair) of between 1 and 1 3/8 inches.
- Photo must be clear, front view, full face, taken in normal street attire without a hat or dark glasses, and printed on photographic paper with a white background.
If you normally wear prescription glasses, wear them in your photo - they will be acceptable as long as there is no glare hiding your eyes.
No uniforms or camouflage fabric is to be worn in passport photos.