Kingsport Post Office

The Kingsport Post Office sits on North Eastman Road on the east side of town, a straightforward stop with its own parking lot rather than the tight curbside you sometimes get downtown. It's a designated USPS passport acceptance facility, which means a clerk will verify your citizenship documents and identity, witness your DS-11 signature, and mail the packet to the State Department for routine or expedited-by-mail processing. It's the more flexible of the two Kingsport acceptance options for anyone who can't make it downtown during weekday court hours.

Appointments are required and booked through the USPS online scheduler; walk-ins for passports generally aren't taken here. One practical advantage over the courthouse route is that this branch can take your 2x2 passport photo during the same visit, so you don't have to source one separately. Travelers comparing this to the county clerk's office, or looking further afield across Tennessee's acceptance facilities, will find this the easier location to slot into a working day.

Book the appointment before you arrive — the USPS scheduler at tools.usps.com/rcas is the only way to reserve a passport slot here, and the phone line is for questions rather than same-day walk-ins. Come with a completed (unsigned) DS-11, proof of U.S. citizenship, a photo ID and a photocopy, and separate payment for the State Department fee and the acceptance fee. We keep fee amounts and the full document checklist up to date on the Tennessee passport page.