No, you cannot upgrade a passport card to a passport book; instead, you need to apply for a new passport book. If you have a passport card and you are eligible to use Form DS-82, you may apply for a passport book as a renewal even if it is your first passport book.
Entry of applicants into the Passport Office is not prohibited to make any correction in their documents or to get any updates. If any correction is needed after submission of the application, applicant can visit enquiry counter in the RPO concerned either by scheduling an appointment online or walk-in.
To correct a data or printing error, submit the following by mail: Form DS-5504 (find mailing instructions on the form) Your current passport. One color photo. Evidence of the error (e.g. your U.S. birth certificate showing the correct spelling of your last name). You will not have to submit any fees.
Mail-in applications are possible if you can answer yes to all of the following conditions: Your U.S. passport was issued within the last 15 years.
You can renew a passport book, a passport card, or both documents. Use Form DS-82 to apply for your first passport book if you only have a passport card, or to apply for your first passport card if you only have a passport book.
There is a regional office of the Department of State in Los Angeles. you can call 877-487-2778 to get an appointment, or, if you are in a real time crunch, go there early in the morning. They make the passports there, and can even possibly get the passport done the same day (though certainly that is case-by-case).
DS-5504 04-2022. U.S. Department of State. APPLICATION FOR A U.S. PASSPORT FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. CORRECTION, NAME CHANGE TO PASSPORT ISSUED 1 YEAR AGO OR LESS, AND LIMITED PASSPORT REPLACEMENT. Please read all instructions first and type or print in black ink to complete this form.
To correct a data or printing error, submit the following by mail: Form DS-5504 (find mailing instructions on the form) Your current passport. One color photo. Evidence of the error (e.g. your U.S. birth certificate showing the correct spelling of your last name). You will not have to submit any fees.
Therefore, when a valid or potentially valid U.S. passport book or card cannot be presented with a new application, you must apply using form DS-11, Application for a U.S. Passport and submit form DS-64, Statement Regarding a Lost or Stolen Valid U.S. Passport.