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Passport Acceptance Offices in Long Beach, California
Long Beach may share a coastline with its glamorous neighbors, but when it comes to passports the city stands on its own, with three distinct acceptance points spread from the Civic Center to the university bluff.
🔎 Passport offices in this city
3 offices
📌 Quick facts
📖 About Long Beach
Long Beach may share a coastline with its glamorous neighbors, but when it comes to passports the city stands on its own, with three distinct acceptance points spread from the Civic Center to the university bluff. Which one fits you depends less on paperwork and more on geography and timing.
If you live or work downtown, the Downtown Station Post Office on Long Beach Blvd and the City Clerk counter inside City Hall sit blocks apart, both handling first-time and child applications by appointment. Students, faculty, and East Long Beach residents often find the CSULB office in Brotman Hall the easier trip, and it has the added convenience of taking your passport photo on the spot.
Long Beach sits inside Los Angeles County, and there is no passport agency within the city itself. The nearest full-service agency is the Los Angeles Passport Agency at the West L.A. Federal Building, roughly 35 to 50 minutes up the I-405 depending on traffic, and it serves only travelers with international departures inside 14 days.
For most residents, the smart move is a local appointment weeks before departure rather than a rushed agency visit. Book early in the spring and summer, when families statewide scramble to renew before school breaks.
💡 Good to know
Every Long Beach counter runs on appointments, so phone ahead rather than dropping in. Adult renewals usually go by mail with form DS-82 and skip the in-person step entirely, freeing up appointment slots for first-time and child applicants. Minors need documented parental consent, and the exact rules are worth checking on travel.state.gov before you visit.