Library helps with passport services

It’s no secret that your library card is a ticket to millions of different worlds and experiences.

Books can take you anywhere. You can open a novel and find yourself on a deserted island searching the horizon for a boat. You can explore the Arctic in a nonfiction book about seals and other cold-climate wildlife. You can experience another era with biographies and memoirs from the past.

Books, movies, magazines and more are available with your Washington County Free Library card.

We can help with your next adventure outside of what can fit inside your library tote bag, too.

The Washington County Free Library’s Alice Virginia and David W. Fletcher Branch downtown is a Passport

Acceptance Facility.

Making an appointment is easy. Simply call 301-739-3250, ext. 205, to reach one of our State Department-trained staff passport agents. Appointments will be scheduled during our passport services hours (Monday, noon to 7 p.m.;

Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) No walk-ins are accepted at this time.

Services include passport book and card applications, passport photos and expedited services. Please note that we do not process renewals, but renewal forms may be picked up at the library or found online at travel.state.gov.

Library passport services staff members are happy to walk you through what you need to bring to your appointment. We also have a handy checklist form available to ensure you have what you need on hand.

For a listing of what you need to apply, payment information and more, please go to www.washcolibrary.org/passports.

Once your passport needs are met, check out some travel guides about your destination and some fun reads for the trip. Don’t forget to use your library card to download a few audiobooks from Libby or Hoopla for the flight. Our 24/7 e-Library services are especially great when you’re worried about carry-on luggage weight limitations.

See you here at the library soon, and best wishes for safe travels, friends.

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