If you owe $2,500 or more in child support, you are not eligible to receive a U.S. passport.

Before you apply for a passport, pay your child support to your state.

Steps to get a passport if you have already applied

1. Pay your outstanding child support to your state's child support enforcement agency.
2. The state lets the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) know you paid.
3. HHS removes your name from its list and reports this information to us. This process may take 2-3 weeks.
4. We check that HHS removed your name from its list.
5. We continue processing your passport application.

Contact your state if you have questions about your child support payments. We have no information.