{"id":1117,"date":"2023-05-16T15:48:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conshouston.esteri.it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/passaporti-e-carte-didentita\/come-si-richiede-il-rilascio-del-passaporto\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T17:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:59:14","slug":"come-si-richiede-il-rilascio-del-passaporto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conshouston.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/passaporti-e-carte-didentita\/come-si-richiede-il-rilascio-del-passaporto\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I apply for a passport?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please check:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>to be registered in AIRE with the Consulate General in Houston (through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/serviziconsolari.esteri.it\/ScoFE\/index.sco\">Fast-It <\/a>portal it is possible to access the consular files);<br \/>\n2. that the residential address is updated (through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/serviziconsolari.esteri.it\/ScoFE\/index.sco\">Fast-It <\/a>portal);<br \/>\n3. that the documentation for the civil status transcripts have been received by the Vital Records office (write to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:statocivile.houston@esteri.it\">statocivile.houston@esteri.it<\/a>);<br \/>\n4. that the current passport is expired or it will expire within 6 months;<br \/>\n5. in case of first passport, verify that the Comune has registered the birth certificate and AIRE, and that the name appears in the AIRE database (write to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:anagrafe.houston@esteri.it\">anagrafe.houston@esteri.it<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For the issuance of the passport it is <strong>always<\/strong> necessary to come in person (for the acquisition of the biometric data) in one of these offices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Houston<\/strong>, at the headquarters of the Consulate General in Houston \u2013 appointments for Houston can only be booked through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prenotami.esteri.it\/\">Prenot@mi<\/a> portal<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Orleans,<\/strong>\u00a0at the headquarters of the Honorary Consulate (<strong>open to Louisiana and Arkansas residents<\/strong>) \u2013 for appointments write to Mr. Franco Valobra at <a href=\"mailto:neworleans.onorario@esteri.it\">neworleans.onorario@esteri.it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Austin,\u00a0<\/strong>a consular operator will visit Austin in spring \u2013 appointments will be available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prenotami.esteri.it\/\">Prenot@mi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>only in the case of permanent disability proven by a medical certificate<\/strong>, write to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:passaporti.houston@esteri.it\">passaporti.houston@esteri.it<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Please remember that it is also possible to obtain your passport <strong>in Italy<\/strong>. To expedite the process, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ONE month before your departure<\/span>, send an email to <a href=\"mailto:passaporti.houston@esteri.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passaporti.houston@esteri.it<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Prenot@mi<\/h4>\n<p>The Prenot@mi portal allows to book appointments for issuing passports at the Consulate General in Houston.<\/p>\n<p><u>An appointment must be made for each applicant<\/u>. Family groups \u2013 in order to be received together \u2013 can make a multiple booking (max 4 people at a time). Please be careful at the number of appointment booked (the user + 2 persons makes 3 appointments).<\/p>\n<p><u>Since minors<\/u> are not authorized to create an account on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prenotami.esteri.it\/\">Prenot@ami<\/a>, the Italian parent must make an appointment in their own name and in the NOTES enter: \u201cappointment for minor: full name and DOB\u201d<\/p>\n<p><u>For first passports<\/u>, in the NOTES enter: \u201cfirst passport\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Every day (except Tuesday, Friday and Saturday) after 17:00 the system makes new appointments available. Cancelled reservations will be made available immediately.<br \/>\nIn case of unavailability, please try again at a later time.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the high number of requests, if not able to come, please cancel the appointment or promptly inform this office at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:passaporti.houston@esteri.it\">passaporti.houston@esteri.it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The unjustified absence will be negatively taken into consideration for a future booking.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We invite you to check your emails daily. You will be contacted\u00a0<strong>ONLY<\/strong>\u00a0if necessary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Please check: to be registered in AIRE with the Consulate General in Houston (through the\u00a0Fast-It portal it is possible to access the consular files); 2. that the residential address is updated (through the\u00a0Fast-It portal); 3. that the documentation for the civil status transcripts have been received by the Vital Records office (write to\u00a0statocivile.houston@esteri.it); 4. that [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":243,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1117","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshouston.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshouston.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshouston.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshouston.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshouston.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/conshouston.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7910,"href":"https:\/\/conshouston.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1117\/revisions\/7910"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshouston.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshouston.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}