To ensure U.S. citizens are prepared to travel abroad, three Rio Grande Valley area post offices will be hosting passport fairs this weekend. On Saturday, July 28, the Harlingen Main Post Office, 1502 New Combes Hwy., will host a passport fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; The Edinburg Post Office, 410 S Jackson St., will have a passport fair from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and the Rio Grande City Post Office, 500 W Eisenhower St., will hold a passport fair from 12 to 3 p.m.

Appointments are not required on passport fair days, so customers are encouraged to show up early, as applicants will be served on a first-come, first-served basis until the applicant maximum capacity has been reached.

To obtain a passport, applicants need to:

• Bring proper proof of American citizenship.
• Bring a clear photocopy of their proof of American citizenship that will be presented at the time of passport acceptance.
• Bring proof of Identity.
• Bring a clear photocopy of their proof of identity that will be presented at the time of passport acceptance.
• The passport application requires recent color passport photograph of you (2"x2" in size).
• Customers may download a passport application to save time at www.usps.com/passport.
• All applicants must appear in person.
• Minors under the age of 16 must appear with both parents.

Each passport for an adult must be accompanied by a check or money order for $110 made payable to the U.S. State Department and a $35 execution fee made payable to Postmaster. Fees for children under 16 are $80 and $35.

The cost to expedite processing at the Department of State is $60 paid per application in addition to required fees. 

The cost to expedite delivery service to the passport processing lockbox is $24.70 per family for Priority Mail Express paid to the United States Postal Service.

The cost to expedite delivery service is $15.89 paid per application directly to the Department of State for the delivery of an issued passport book from the Department of State to the customer. This service is only available to mailing addresses within the United States. Not valid for passport cards.

Customers can call 1-800-ASK-USPS or go to the Postal Service's website.