Packing For The Cat Ferry, How Mainah’s Get a Passport

Canada, our good looking neighbor, is so close that we can pass a hot pie fresh out of the oven from one kitchen window to the next, but we still need a passport to visit each other. Where does a Mainer get a passport? I had to renew mine to take The Cat Ferry to Nova Scotia. I got mine right at the Forest Ave. Post Office, they even took my picture and mailed it out for me. My new passport arrived in the mail a couple weeks later.

Here are some need-to-knows about applying from USA.gov:

You must show up in person if:

• It's your first passport
• the one that you have was issued over 15 years ago
• you have no supporting documents for a name change
• your last one was lost or danaged
• the passport is for a child under 16

To get a passport for your child:

• the child and both parents must be present or provide written consent from a missing parent
• proof of relation to the child

You can renew a passport by mail if:

• it's undamaged
• was issued less than 15 minutes ago
• your name hasn't changed
• you were over 16 when you got it

Get all the details at USA.gov.