Town of Apple Valley Clerks Office Offering Extended Passport Processing Hours

Staff Writer

Monday, February 13th, 2017

APPLE VALLEY – Planning to travel abroad? Need to get a passport? You are in luck! The Town of Apple Valley is now extending their hours for passport processing starting Thursday, February 16th and continuing on every third Thursday of each month. Normal hours are Monday thru Thursday from 8:00 a.m. until noon, but they will now offer appointment hours until 7:00 p.m. one Thursday per month.

“Since 2003, the Town Clerk’s Office has processed more than 16,000 passports, and is rated as excellent by the Department of State for its outstanding service as a Passport Acceptance Facility,” Town officials said. Adult passports are $110 and passports for children 15 and under are $80. The wallet-sized U.S. Passport Cards which are valid for land and sea crossings in the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean are $30 for adults and $15 for children 15 or younger. A separate $25 processing fee is payable for each passport processed.

For more information on applying for a passport at the Town of Apple Valley call (760) 240-7000 x7800 or visit www.AppleValley.org. Passports can be expedited within two to three weeks for $60 per application. Emergency passport information can be obtained by contacting the United States Department of State Los Angeles Passport Agency at (877) 487-2778 or visit www.travel.state.gov.