🛂 Apply for a Passport

Apply for a Passport in Ionia County, MI

Passport applications go to an acceptance facility designated by the U.S. Department of State, and the County Clerk is not on that list. Here's where to go instead.

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Passport applications in Ionia County

Acceptance facilities are designated location by location by the U.S. Department of State

Federal facility search ↗

$35 + $130adult first passport book · $35 to the facility, $130 to the U.S. Department of State

Federal fees, the same everywhere (22 CFR 22.1): a $35 execution fee paid to the acceptance facility, and for an adult passport book a $50 application fee plus the $80 security surcharge paid to the U.S. Department of State. First-time applicants use form DS-11 and apply in person.

The County Clerk is not on the federal list

The U.S. Department of State's acceptance-facility data, read 2026-09-26, does not list the Ionia County Clerk.It does list this county facility:Ionia County Register Of Deeds — 100 W. Main St., Ionia, MI 48846 · (616) 527-5320

The listed facilities nearest the office (straight-line distance from ZIP 48846):Ionia Mi Post Office — 117 N Kidd St, Ionia, MI 48846 · (616) 527-3370 · same ZIP codeBelding Post Office — 201 E. Main Street, Belding, MI 48809 · (616) 794-0230 · about 12 miLowell Post Office — 120 N Broadway, Lowell, MI 49331 · (616) 897-9949 · about 15 mi

Facilities set their own hours and appointment rules; confirm before you go.

Source: the Department's facility data file (Facilities.json, last modified Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:32:27 GMT, 7,478 facilities), read 2026-09-26. The list changes; the federal search is always current.

🔎Find an acceptance facilityU.S. Department of State facility search↗📞USPS national customer service — 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777)General Post Office questions. It is not any one post office's line and cannot give a branch's passport hours.☎📄Form DS-11Application for a U.S. Passport (first-time applicants)↓ PDF

What to bring

A completed DS-11, UNSIGNED. You sign it in front of the acceptance agent — a form signed at home has to be redone.
Proof of citizenship: a certified birth certificate with a raised, embossed or multicoloured seal, or a prior US passport. A hospital souvenir certificate is not accepted. If you were born in Michigan, the county clerk on this page can usually issue that birth certificate.
A photocopy of the front and back of your ID on plain white paper. Most acceptance facilities will not make it for you.
Two payments, not one: a check or money order payable to "U.S. Department of State" for $130, and the $35 execution fee to the acceptance facility, which many Michigan counties take separately and in different forms.
One 2x2 inch color photo taken within the last six months. Several Michigan clerks take passport photos on site for around $10.00.

Everyone applying for a first passport must appear in person, children included — and both parents or guardians must appear for an applicant under 16, or the one appearing brings the other’s notarized consent on form DS-3053.

📄Download Form — fill it out at homeDS-11 Application for US Passport — complete it before you go↓

Federal form — same in all states

📋Office Information

⚠️ This office does not process passport applications — a passport acceptance facility does. The office below is your county's County Clerk — useful for other services.

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Office Address

100 W. Main Street, Ionia, MI 48846

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Phone

(616) 527-5322

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Fax

(616) 527-8201

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Official Website

County Clerk page · ioniacounty.org ↗