When you apply for a special issuance passport, you can fill out a form to approve someone else to pick up your passport for you. This form is known as a passport pickup authorization. Examples of someone else who may pick up a passport include: Your spouse.
To write a letter of authorization to allow someone to collect documents, you must include your name, the date, and your contact information. You'll also need to add the recipient's details and explicitly mention that you're authorizing someone else to collect documents on your behalf.
In case of absence of the applicant, it is at the discretion of the postman to hand over the envelope to some family member of the applicant by checking their/applicant's ID proof or to return the passport to the issuing Regional Passport Office.
The Passport Pickup Authorization Form allows an authorized person (who is not the applicant, the applicant's parent or guardian or a designated courier on record at the applicant's federal agency) to pick up a completed passport. This form requires the signature of the applicant or their parent/guardian.
In case of absence of the applicant, it is at the discretion of the postman to hand over the envelope to some family member of the applicant by checking their/applicant's ID proof or to return the passport to the issuing Regional Passport Office.
They will need to present written permission signed by you and their photo identification. This permission should include your name and signature, passport holder's name (if collecting child's document) and the name of the person collecting the passport on your behalf.
Yes, they can! All you need is an authorization letter for passport collection giving someone the official authority to pick up your passport on your behalf.
To whom it may concern, I authorize Mr/Ms ... (CID no...) to collect my passport no... from the Passport Division, Department of Protocol on my behalf as I am unable to arrive in person to receive the passport.
The letter of consent, preferably in English and notarized, from the other parent (if the child is traveling with one custodial parent) or signed by both parents (if the child is traveling with a guardian or alone) should say: "I acknowledge that my child is traveling outside the country with the name of the adult ...
Dear Recipient's Name, I, Your Full Name, hereby authorize Authorized Person's Full Name to act on my behalf to collect Specify the Document from Location or office where the document is held. This authorization is valid from Starting Date until Ending Date, unless otherwise revoked by me.