Passport Instructions
Follow the directions carefully: 1. All the applications are sent to the following address: Yemen Embassy-Consulate 2319 Wyoming Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008 2. Everything has to be sent to the consulate through United States Postal Service. We only accept EXPRESS MAIL or $17.50 Money Order (the price of a return envelope). We DO NOT accept priority mail or any other carriers. CANADA ONLY: Passports and Applications have to be sent either through FedEx or UPS. The Return mail must be paid by the applicants. DHL is no longer accepted.
Renewing a Passport: Download the application and read the following: 1. Fill in your first name, father’s name, grandfather’s name and Last name where it is required in both English and Arabic. Do not leave any blanks. 2. Fill in your birth date in the following order (Day/Month/Year) for example (19/12/1981) 3. If you want to correct or change your birth date, you must submit your original birth certificate or an exact colored photocopy of it. 4. You MUST fill in your mother’s name, her father’s name and her last name where it is required. 5. Fill in your address outside of the Republic of Yemen (In America or Canada) with a valid phone number. 6. Fill in your address in the Republic of Yemen including a phone number. 7. It is very important to include the finger print of your left thumb where it is required. Sign in the space provided next to it. 8. You have to send your original old passport with the application. NOTE: Once the new passport is ready, the old passport will be canceled and returned with the new passport to the sender 9. Include an $82 fee for a new passport through Money Orders ONLY (we do not accept personal checks or cash). 10. If you are a student then your fee would be $27 also through money order. A colored copy of the student ID must be provided or the schedule of classes. 11. You must attach THREE recent colored passport size photos with a white background; a. sunglasses or glasses are not allowed b. Hats are not allowed
12. If the job title changed, then you have to provide evidence of the new job. IMPORTANT: If you are a Merchant then you have to provide the following: a. Commerce record b. Tax Return c. Number of Employees 13. Include the Yemeni Identification card or a copy of an American Green Card if valid. Making a Passport for a child: 1. Fill in the application as you would for an adult making sure that the child’s name is equivalent to the name that appears on the child’s birth certificate and the father’s name according to the father’s passport. 2. Send the Father’s passport with the application 3. Send the child’s birth certificate. 4. Include a $27 Fee through a valid MONEY ORDER. Replacing a Lost Passport or a Destroyed Passport:
According to Article 14 of Passport Law, a lost passport must be charged a fee double the price of a new passport and a destroyed passport must be charged in an equivalent price to a new passport.
1. For a lost passport, include a $160 Money Order charge for a lost passport including an $82 Money Order fee for the new passport. For a destroyed passport, include $80 Money Order charge for the destroyed passport, including an $82 Money Order fee for the new passport. 2. You must fill out the application fully reading the instructions stated above for renewing a passport. 3. You must include a clear photocopy of the old passport. 4. Include a Yemeni Identification card or a colored photocopy of a Green Card if valid. 5. For a missing or lost passport, you must include a police report and a copy of an advertisement run in a newspaper declaring that you lost your passport. General Information: All applications are sent from Washington DC to the Public Administration of Passports in Yemen. No passports are to be issued until the approval of the Administration in Yemen. The average time for a completed application is between 14 to 40 days. Missing passports on the other hand take up to 3 months as a minimum. The Yemeni Consulate is not responsible for any delays or the rejection of an application that is missing some information or filled out incorrectly. Before sending the passport, we as the sender to keep a photocopy of the old passport. WARNING: If a person applies for a new passport while he has another valid and working electronic passport then the person will be charged according to Article 16 or Passport Law; 5 times the price of a new passport ($410) including a fee of ($82) for a new passport. This is a charge for providing false information and for hiding the passport. The person will not receive the new passport until the old one is handed in to the consulate.