AMERICAN CITIZENS SERVICES

Passports and Consular Reports of Birth

The following information is for persons who will apply for their passports and/or reports of birth at the U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua. For information on applying for a passport in the United States, please click here.

The Embassy provides a wide range of citizenship services to Americans in Nicaragua.  All services require that you personally appear in our offices. To set up an appointment for any of the services listed below, click here.

For more information on our service hours, click here.  Unlike birth registration services, it is not absolutely necessary to make an appointment for passport services; however, those with appointments will be served first.

Please choose a category below to begin!

• I'm a new born baby and need a first passport, birth registration and Social Security Number
  
• I'm a minor age 15 or younger 
  
• I’m 16 or older and can bring my full validity passport issued to me within the last 15 years when I was 16 years old or older
  
• I’m 16 or older and cannot bring in my full validity passport issued to me within the last 15 years when I was 16 years or older
  
• I'd like to add additional pages to my existing passport
  
• I've lost my passport, or it was damaged, or it was stolen
  
• I just got married and would like to change my name in my passport, or have another reason for recording a legal name change.
  
• I just received my new passport and noticed there was a printing error that I would like to have corrected
  
• I'd like to extend my passport.  We no longer extend passports.  You will need to apply for a replacement passport using form DS-82 or DS-11 as appropriate. 
  
• I have a limited emergency passport and would like to turn it in for a full-validity passport.
  
• I Need DNA Testing Information
  
• Passport FAQs!
  

Child Support and Passport Issuance

Under Section 51.70 (a) (8) of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a passport, except for direct return to the United States, will not be issued in any case in which the applicant has been certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as notified by a state agency to be in arrears of child support in an amount exceeding $2,500.00.  For more information, click here.

Your passport will be revoked if you fall under this regulation, including when you apply for additional pages, seek a renewal or process a Report of Birth application.

Please direct any questions to the appropriate State child support enforcement agency. You may go to the Department of Health and Human Services - State Child Support Enforcement Web Site for a listing of HHS state and local agencies.