Passports
Adult Passport Renewals by Mail via the Embassy in Paris
If you are in possession of a 10 year validity passport issued within the last 15 years that is not damaged or mutilated, you must renew it by mail. If this is your case, refer to the Paris website for instructions on renewing a passport by mail.
Passport and Citizenship Services in Lyon
If your travel plans are not imminent you may submit routine passport applications, and lost, stolen or mutilated passport applications with the other required documents to the APP Lyon. For all passport services please call 04 78 38 33 03 to schedule an appointment or send an e-mail to: usalyon@state.gov.
For children younger than 16, APP Lyon requires “transition photos.” Parents should bring in a photo of the child (without any others in the photo) for each year between the issuance of their previous passport and the application for the new passport. If a family is applying for several children at the same time, separate photos should be brought for each child, without siblings in the same photo.
APP Lyon does not accept applications for emergency passports. Anyone needing a passport for imminent travel or, travel within three to four weeks should not apply through the APP in Lyon. If this is your case, please visit the webpages of the Embassy in Paris.
For instructions and forms for all passport services, you may refer to the Embassy webpage before calling the APP Lyon to schedule your appointment. However, the Consular representative in Lyon can assist you with any questions concerning passport services.
Note: online appointments are only scheduled for consular services provided at the Embassy in Paris. If you need to make an appointment with the American Presence Post in Lyon, please call 04 78 38 33 03.
Passport Processing Times
All applications for passport and citizenship services initiated in Lyon are transmitted to the U.S. Embassy in Paris for processing. Passport applications accepted in Lyon take approximately one week longer to be processed than the ones submitted directly to Paris. If a passport application submitted in Paris takes two weeks for processing and delivery, then the same application would take 3-4 weeks if initiated in Lyon.
Passport Photographs in Lyon
All passport applications require two identical, recent color, U.S. passport sized photographs. Information and a list of photographers in the consular district is available on this informative PDF (60 kb).
PDF files can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Adobe Reader, you may download the newest version.
When traveling, please remember to carry a photocopy of your passport separately from your passport. In the event of loss or theft, the copy will facilitate issuance of an emergency passport.