WASHINGTON -- If you need a United States passport, you can save $10 by getting it before April.
On April 2, the passport execution fee will increase from $25 to $35. That's the fee that you're charged for submitting your passport application to a passport acceptance agent (a United States Post Office, state or local government or State Department official) for verification and review.
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The execution fee is imposed in addition to the application fee, which has not changed. That fee can run anywhere between $15 and $110 depending on your age and the type of passport for which you are applying.
A passport book application fee is $80 for applicants under 16 and $110 for those 16 and older. For a passport card - which only allows for land and sea travel to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda - you'll pay $15 for children and $30 for adults 16 and older.
The execution fee is not imposed on passport renewals for adults.
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The Department of State upped the price after its research showed that the current passport fee wasn't covering the costs associated with providing passport-related consular services.