Applying for a passport as an out of state student
I am an out-of-state student studying abroad this summer, and I’ve been a bit worried about the process of me getting a passport book. Here’s my situation:
My study abroad deadline got pushed back a bunch due to lack of enrollment, so we only recently got the go-ahead for this July. My campus has passport services, so intend to use them and have the book mailed to my home address.
I had an appointment for this morning, and made sure I had all the documents, forms of payment, and identification. I get to the office, and we realize that my pre-printed DS-11 form had a printing error, so we went to fill one out online.
Now, I had a youth passport card that is now expired, but I wasn’t worried about presenting it because the DS-11 form just asked if it existed, and what the name was on it. This seems to contradict the online form, which not only asks if I had a passport card, but also the issue date and the card number.
On top of this, the online form states that I must mail the expired card to the department of state with all the other documents. The printed DS-11 form doesn’t say this anywhere, and am starting to worry if I will be able to apply for this passport before I get home in May.
Do I have to mail the physical copy of the expired passport card with the other documents to get a new, and my first, adult passport book? The person helping me said that I didn’t, despite what the website said.
I trust the older woman who’s probably been doing this for multiple years, but when it comes to deadlines and the ability to actually participate in my study abroad program, I want to be as sure as I can.