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You cannot renew your U.S. passport by mail at the U.S. embassy Luxembourg. Every application must be submitted in person after scheduling an appointment using our online agenda.
If you find that there are no dates available when trying to book an appointment online, and you require an emergency appointment because you have imminent travel, please send an email to luxembourgconsular@state.gov with your confirmed travel itinerary.
MILITARY (Active Duty and Civilian Department of Defense-affiliated personnel): The U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg is not authorized to accept applications for passports from Department of Defense-affiliated personnel (military personnel and their family members/U.S. civilian employees and their family members/Card holders with Full-Benefits (MWR, Commissary, Unlimited Exchange, etc.)). These individuals must apply for passports through their local Passport Agents on their military post/base, per USAFE Instruction 36-3101, USAREUR Regulation 600-290 and DoD Regulation 1000.21-R.
If you believe that your child has a claim to U.S. citizenship, please do not schedule an appointment for a passport online. Instead, please follow these instructions to apply by email for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad and/or a first passport.
Visit Forms to find the form you need and begin the process of completing and submitting your passport application. If you are unsure which form you need, the Passport Wizard can guide you to the correct form.
Processing times vary depending on demand. If you are traveling within the next two weeks, please see the Emergency Passports section.
Passport services are not available on weekends or on Luxembourg or U.S. holidays.
Adult Passport Renewal (DS-82)
Renew an existing passport issued to you when you were aged 16 or older.
Applicants Ages 16 & 17, 1st-Time Adult Passport
Applicants Ages 16 and 17, First Time U.S. Passport and Passport Issued More Than 15 Years Ago (DS-11)
Applicants Under Age 16 & Without Both Parents Present
The DS-3053 is the Statement of Consent for Issuing a Passport to a Child and the DS-5525 is the Statement of Special Family Circumstances.
Report and Replace Lost/Stolen Passport (DS-64 & DS-11)
Report a passport lost or stolen and replace it.
Update Current Passport or Replace Emergency Passport
Correction, Name Change to Passport Issued Less Than 1 Year Ago, and Emergency Passport Replacement (DS-5504)
If you are an American citizen overseas and your passport expired on or after January 1, 2020, you may be able to use your expired passport to return directly to the United States until June 30, 2022. See this page for more information.
You can fill out the correct form, or find information about your passport status at https://travel.state.gov.
You must provide one photo on a white background with your passport application. Our photo policies apply to adults and children. We have a few exceptions to our photo policies for infants.
All passport services, including emergency passports, require an online appointment. Please schedule directly with the consular section at Luxembourgconsular@state.gov. U.S. Embassy Luxembourg, c/o Consular Section, 22, blvd Emmanuel Servais, L-2535 Luxembourg
To avoid processing delays, we recommend you use a professional passport photo service. The following photographers in Luxembourg provide the required U.S. format passport photographs. • PHOTO MIRGAIN, 15 avenue Monterey, Luxembourg, phone: 22 64 97 • AUCHAN Kirchberg, 5 rue Alphonse Weicker, Luxembourg, phone: 43 77 43 1 • PHOTO NETT, Shopping Center Concorde, 80 route de Longwy, Bertrange, phone 45 72 48 • L ‘ATELIER PHOTO, M7, Centre Marisca, L-7560 Mersch, phone: 32 93 94 • PRIMPHOTO, 42 avenue de la gare, Esch/Alzette, phone 54 39 45 • PORTRAIT STUDIOS, Langwies 2, Junglinster, phone 26 78 25 40 • PHOTOFINISHING, 5B rue Prince Jean, Ettelbruck, phone 691 30 29 34 Make sure to specify to the photographer that the photo is for a U.S. passport, different from the European standard for passport photographs. The processing of your passport application may be delayed if you do not submit a photo that meets the requirements.
Special Issuance Passports
Visit the SIA Web Page – Only accessible by government device. Contact your military acceptance facility.