Important Passport Information

• Passport applications are processed on a first-come, first-serve basis.
  
  
• We have a sign-in sheet for service. As soon as you arrive, note your name on the sign-in sheet. Our Passport clerks will use this sign-in sheet to call you to the desk.
  
• The processing of a Passport application is time-consuming. Plan your visit at the beginning of our posted hours. This is especially important if you are applying for a Passport for multiple family members.
  
  
• The number of Passports that can be processed during the posted hours of operation is limited. The approximate number that can be processed is 30. This is not exact because the factors of a particular application determine the amount of time it takes.
  
  
• When the maximum number of applications that can be processed in the time allotted for the day’s session has been reached, we will need to suspend service for the day.
  Our Passport clerks are highly trained to provide this service for you. Other Library staff are not trained to help you.
  
  
• The hours of Passport service may change depending on a variety of factors.
  
  
• The Library has two trained Passport clerks. As with all of us, occasionally emergencies occur; and we will need to cancel Passport service. We make every attempt to keep the message on our voice mail and the Library’s web site current - although sometimes, it is just not possible. Please call the Passport telephone: 732-721-5600 extension 5031 before you come to the Library for service. The Adult & Information Services Dept at extension 5033 can also be called for current information.
  
  
• It is now taking a long time between the time you submit the Passport application to us and when you receive the Passport from the US Passport Service. Please understand that this is due to the heavy volume of Passport applications being received by the US government. Plan months in advance in order to receive your Passport in time. We will do everything we can to help you track the process of your application; but we have no control over its actual processing.
  

   

  New Fees — Effective February 1, 2008

  Fee Type	New Passport Fee	New Execution Fee	New Fee Total
  Passport Book Age 16 & Over, DS-11	$75	$25	$100
  Passport Book Age 16 & Under, DS-11	$60	$25	$85
  Passport Book by Mail, DS-82	$75	N/A	$75
  Passport Card Age 16 & Over, DS-11	$20	$25*	$45
  Passport Card Age 15 & Under, DS-11	$10	$25	$35
  *The $25 Execution Fee is not charged when adults 16 & over with fully valid passport books apply for the passport card using a DS-82 form.