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City of Gaithersburg City Hall
City Hall (Municipal) · Gaithersburg
The City of Gaithersburg runs its own passport acceptance desk inside City Hall at 31 South Summit Avenue, directly across the street from the main post office.
Location & contact
🕑 Hours
| Monday–Friday | 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., by appointment |
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📍 Location & contact
📖 About this office
The City of Gaithersburg runs its own passport acceptance desk inside City Hall at 31 South Summit Avenue, directly across the street from the main post office. It is a genuinely local option: municipal staff, not a postal contractor, handle the DS-11 paperwork, which many residents find a calmer setting for a first passport or a family batch of children's applications.
Service is by appointment, Monday through Friday, generally 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Because City Hall keeps steadier daytime hours than a retail counter, it can be a good fit for anyone who needs a weekday-morning slot. The team accepts new applications (DS-11) and can advise on renewals that qualify for the mail-in DS-82 form.
City Hall pairs well with the nearby USPS counters in Gaithersburg when you are comparing appointment availability across town.
💡 Good to know
Call ahead to (301) 258-6300 to lock in a time, since the municipal desk books up around school holidays when families travel. Limited free parking sits at City Hall itself, with metered spaces and a garage close by. If the slots here are gone, the wider Gaithersburg listing shows the postal alternatives a few blocks and a few miles away.