Consulate General Auckland

The Consulate General in Auckland provides all U.S. consular services in New Zealand:  The Embassy in Wellington is unable to provide consular services.

Passports

Passport for minors under age 16

To renew or obtain a passport for a minor under age 16, the applicant must apply in person to the Auckland Consulate at Level 3, Citigroup Center, 23 Customs Street East, Auckland (cnr. Commerce St)  The child must appear in person with their parents to make the application.  Consulate location map

You will need to:

1. Complete "Application for Passport", Form DS-11.  Please note that some of the instructions apply only to U.S. citizens residing in the U.S.
2. Present proof of U.S. citizenship of minor
3. Present evidence of minor's relationship to parents/guardians (Birth Certificate or Consular Report of Birth Abroad)
4. Provide parental identification
5. Present proof of identity of minor
6. Present Parental Application Statement of Consent form DS-3053
7. Provide two passport photos of minor
8. Pay the applicable fee
9. Provide a Social Security Number of minor
10. Provide a courier envelope if your passport is to be mailed to you.
    

Please note:  Both parents' consent is required before a passport can be issued to a minor under 16 years. If one parent cannot appear at the Consulate, a statement of consent (DS 3053), together with the non-appearing parent’s identification (or notarized copy of their identification), MUST be submitted.

The Department of State requires that such statements of consent be notarized. The statement must give the non-appearing parent's unequivocal and unconditional consent to the issuance of the passport, and must be notarized before foreign notaries or local officials authorized to take acknowledgments and witness signatures. New Zealand qualifies under the Hague Convention to use Justices of the Peace to notarize these statements. Justices of the Peace can be found in all communities within New Zealand.

Frequently Asked Questions about passports (FAQs)