DS-5525 Statement of Special Family Circumstances

The application form DS-5525 Statement of Special Family Circumstances is used when applying for a Minor Passport and one parent or guardian cannot locate the other parent or guardian. The parent who is applying should submit this special form in addition to their child's application (DS-11).

Thie DS-5525 is a form to be used when one parent or guardian cannot locate the other parent when appylyng for a child's passport.  This form is used in addition to the DS-11 child passport application.

You must submit the completed form DS-5525 with the child's passport application.

Please complete the Ds-5525 form with as much detail as possible.

There will be a need for additional evidence Examples include: a custody order, an incarceration order, or a restraining order to protect against international parental child abduction. 

If the non-applying parent is deployed by the military, he or she should be able to provide a notarized Form DS-3053 in most cases. In the rare case that the non-applying parent cannot be contacted, you must provide either military orders with a Form DS-5525 showing the non-applying parent can't be contacted because they are on a special assignment for more than 30 days outside of their duty station OR a signed statement from the non-applying parent's commanding officer that they can't be reached.