Passport Acceptance Offices in Bay St Louis, Mississippi

Bay St. Louis sits on the western edge of Mississippi's Gulf Coast in Hancock County, and applicants here have two solid, in-town choices for submitting a first passport. The Bay St. Louis post office on Highway 90 handles passport applications by appointment and can shoot the required 2x2 photo on the same visit, which makes it the simplest option for a family doing everything in one stop.

The Hancock County Chancery Clerk, also on Highway 90, is the county government alternative and takes applications by appointment as well, with photos available on site. Both offices act as acceptance agents only: they witness your signature, seal the packet and forward it to a federal processing center, so neither one prints the book itself.

The Mississippi passport page walks through every fee, the required documents and today's processing times. If you are up against a departure inside two weeks and standard processing will not make it, the nearest in-person regional office is the New Orleans Passport Center, roughly an hour west via I-10 and available by advance appointment only.

Both Bay St. Louis acceptance offices work strictly by appointment, so call ahead rather than dropping in. Bring an unsigned DS-11, proof of citizenship, a photo ID and a copy of that ID; you can have the passport photo taken at either location. Because both are acceptance agents and not issuing offices, plan around normal processing windows or use the New Orleans agency for urgent travel. See the Bay St. Louis listings below to compare the two.