Expedited Service Fee Refund

• When you submit the $60 expedited service fee, we process your application within 15 business days. 

• Processing times begin the day we get your application at a passport agency, or the day you request an upgrade from routine to expedited service. Processing times do not begin the day you submit your application. 

• A business day includes Mondays through Fridays. It does not include federal holidays. 

• We do not refund fees paid to courier companies.

Request a refund if:

• You paid the $60 fee, and

• You did not receive expedited service.  

We review refund requests on a case-by-case basis. We cannot refund:

• Passport facility acceptance fees

• Passport application fees except in limited circumstances (22 C.F.R. § 51.53(a))

• Expenses for missed travel

Submit your refund request online 

Complete the Expedite Refund Request Form to submit your request online.  

• Include your full legal name as it appears on your passport application. 

• Get your 9-digit application number by checking the Online Passport Status System.  

• Let us know in the last form field (“Please explain ...”) if you are requesting a refund for yourself or someone else.

• After you submit the form, you should receive an automated email. Do not submit a second request for your refund. It will delay processing of your original request. 

Once we receive your request, it will take us up to 6 weeks to process your refund.

Historical expedited service commitments

This chart includes our expedited service commitments dating back to 2020. Processing times begin the day we get your application at a passport agency, or the day you request an upgrade from routine to expedited service.