How to Renew Your Haitian Passport Online or by Mail

You can begin a Haitian passport renewal online at some consulates in the United States, but no consulate offers a fully digital process. The online step is an application form you complete on the consulate’s website; you still have to mail your expiring passport, physical photos, a fingerprint card, and supporting documents to finish the renewal.¹²

What “Online” Actually Means

The Consulate General of Haiti in Chicago runs an online application form and tells applicants directly: “You don’t need to come in person to renew your Haitian passport, just click on the red ‘Fill the Form’ button below to start filling out your passport application form.” After you submit the form, you mail a physical package with your expiring passport, two printed photos, a sealed fingerprint card, and any required notarized documents. Payment can go through the online portal by card, or you can mail a money order or bank check.¹

Not every office works this way. The Embassy of Haiti in Washington, D.C. describes a traditional in-person process with no online portal mentioned.³ Whether you can start online depends entirely on the consulate that serves your area, so check that office’s website before assuming a remote option exists.

Documents You Need Before You Start

Gather everything before you open the form. A missing item is the most common reason applications stall.

A birth certificate from the Haitian National Archives. It must be the newer blue and red certificate; older formats may not be accepted.³
Your expiring or expired passport plus a second valid photo ID such as a driver’s license, state ID, or residence card. If your old passport is missing, you need two valid IDs instead.³
Two color passport photos on a white background, taken within the last three months. Each must be exactly 2 inches by 2 inches, neutral expression, with the face filling 70 to 80 percent of the frame.³
Your National Identification Card showing the Unique National Identification Number (NINU), a 10-digit number that replaced the older Tax Identification Number (NIF) as of January 6, 2026. Every applicant over 18 must present it.⁴
A fingerprint card, if you are not applying in person. Fingerprints must be taken at a local police station or a certified fingerprinting facility, and the card must arrive in a sealed envelope. Walk-in applicants have prints taken on site and skip this step.¹
A notarized copy of a valid photo ID showing your address, for remote applicants. Waived if you apply in person.¹

Filling Out the Form

Every name, date, and place of birth on the application must match your birth certificate from the National Archives exactly. Enter your previous passport’s serial number and issuance date when the form asks for them, and check every field twice before submitting.

Online forms typically run a basic check for blank fields or obvious formatting errors, but that will not catch a transposed digit in your date of birth or a misspelled town name. Those errors surface weeks later when a consular officer reviews the file, and by then the delay is baked in.

Mailing the Package

Once you submit the form and pay, assemble the physical package: your printed confirmation receipt, the expiring passport, two photos, the sealed fingerprint card, and any notarized documents.¹

Use a courier with tracking. You are sending your only passport and identity documents, so a plain envelope is an unnecessary risk. Most consulates accept FedEx, UPS, or similar services. The Chicago consulate builds separate FedEx fees into its pricing for both the inbound package and the outbound return.⁵ Save the tracking number so you can confirm delivery and follow up if anything goes wrong.

Fees and Processing Time

The base fee for an adult passport is $125 at the Embassy of Haiti in Washington, D.C.² At the Chicago consulate, standard processing comes to $155: the $125 passport fee plus $15 for inbound FedEx and $15 for outbound. Paying online by card adds a $5 processing surcharge at some locations.⁵ Fees vary by office, so confirm the exact total with the consulate handling your application.

Standard processing at the Chicago consulate takes 60 working days or more, roughly 12 weeks.⁵ Do not plan international travel around the shortest possible estimate. Backlogs, document issues, and peak-season demand can push the actual wait well past the quoted window. If you have a trip inside three months, start now and ask your consulate whether expedited service is available for an additional fee.

If Your Situation Is Not a Standard Renewal

Minors

Children under 18 cannot apply on their own. A parent or legal guardian must sign a parental authorization form before a notary public, and the consulate requires a notarized copy of that parent’s or guardian’s valid passport along with the authorization. A minor’s passport is valid for five years rather than ten, and the Chicago consulate charges $150 for standard processing, plus the same shipping and card surcharges that apply to adults.⁶ The core documents (birth certificate, photos, fingerprint card if applying by mail) are the same as for adults.

Name Changes

To reflect a different surname on your new passport, include the appropriate certificate with your application:³

Marriage: an extract or original marriage certificate.
Divorce: the original divorce certificate.
Widowhood: the husband’s death certificate.

Make sure the name you want on the passport matches the name on your supporting identification. Sorting out discrepancies after the passport is printed is far harder than getting it right the first time.

Lost or Stolen Passports

If your passport is lost or stolen, file a report with local police first. The Embassy of Haiti requires that police report alongside your standard application materials, and because you cannot submit the old passport, you must provide two valid forms of identification instead.³ File the report promptly. A report dated weeks after the loss invites questions from consular officers and offers less protection if someone tries to misuse the document.

Haitian Consulates in the United States

You must apply through the consulate that serves your geographic area. The current locations are:⁷

Embassy of Haiti, Washington, D.C. — (202) 332-4090
Consulate General in Miami, 259 SW 13th Street #3, Miami, FL 33130 — (305) 859-2003
Consulate General in Orlando, 1616 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32803 — (407) 897-1262
Consulate General in Chicago, 11 East Adams Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60603 — (312) 922-4004
Consulate General in Boston, 545 Boylston Street, Suite 201, Boston, MA 02116 — (617) 266-3660
Consulate General in New York City, 271 Madison Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10016 — (212) 697-9767
Consulate General in Atlanta, 2911 Piedmont Road NE, Suite A, Atlanta, GA 30305 — (404) 228-5373

Call or visit the website of your assigned office before you start. The online form is not offered everywhere, and the fee schedule and shipping rules vary from one consulate to the next. If you live outside the United States, contact the nearest Haitian diplomatic mission in your country for local procedures.

1
Consulate General of Haiti in Chicago. Instructions for Submitting Passport Application
2
Embassy of Haiti. Fees
3
Embassy of Haiti. Passport Application
4
iciHaiti. FLASH – Passport, Haiti Switches From NIF to NINU
5
Consulate General of Haiti in Chicago. Instructions for Submitting Passport Application – Section: Cost and Delivery Time
6
Consulate General of Haiti in Chicago. Passport Application Online Form
7
Embassy of Haiti. Consular Representation of the Republic of Haiti in the United States