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Fill Form DS-82 with AIU.S. Passport Renewal Application

Add the applicant’s intake notes, passport scan, declarations and name change record. Fyllyo fills Form DS-82 on your Mac. Anything it can’t settle from the documents is left for you, with the reason.

Official form and instructions from the State Department.

Where AI form filling goes wrong on Form DS-82

Form DS-82 opens with yes-or-no statements about the passport being renewed, and the answers depend on dates, declarations and records spread across the file. An old passport, an old trip and a name change each add a second version of the facts. These are the common places AI tools and autofill get it wrong. What the form requires is for the U.S. Department of State to say. Follow its instructions. State Department instructions for Form DS-82.

Eligibility worked out from the wrong date

The form asks about the applicant’s age when the most recent passport was issued, and whether it was issued less than 15 years ago. A passport scan shows both an issue date and an expiration date. Software can tick Yes without checking, or count from the expiration date.

A lost passport that isn’t the one being renewed

Applicants often mention an older passport that was lost years ago. Software that sees “reported lost” can answer that the passport being renewed was lost too.

A copy of the marriage record isn’t a certified copy

The name statement turns on whether a certified marriage certificate or court order can be sent, as the form says. A record number or a photocopy in the file can be read as proof.

Four dates and three places on one marriage record

A certified marriage certificate carries a license date, the marriage date, a recording date and a certification date, and names the offices that issued the copy. Software can take the first date, or the issuing office’s city, for the name change.

Last year’s trip as this year’s travel plans

Old booking confirmations stay in clients’ folders. The form asks for “none” when there are no travel plans, and software can fill the dates and countries of a trip that’s already over.

How Fyllyo takes care of them

With a test client and six documents (renewal intake notes, her declarations, a passport scan, a certified marriage certificate, an emergency contact sheet and last year’s itinerary), Fyllyo filled 51 fields in 15 seconds, each with the line it came from.

Fyllyo's review of a test Form DS-82: the applicant's place of name change, Black Mountain, NC, shown with the place of marriage line from the certified marriage certificate.
  • Eligibility worked out from the wrong date. Works out both answers from the birth date and the most recent passport’s issue date. It never uses the expiration date.
  • A lost passport that isn’t the one being renewed. Answers the damage and loss statement only from what the applicant says about the passport being renewed.
  • A copy of the marriage record isn’t a certified copy. Answers the name statement Yes only when the change was by marriage or court order and the applicant confirms a certified copy, and ticks how the name changed from the same answer.
  • Four dates and three places on one marriage record. Reads the date and place of the marriage itself, not when or where it was licensed, recorded or certified.
  • Last year’s trip as this year’s travel plans. Takes travel plans only from the current intake. With no trip booked, it writes “none” and leaves the dates empty.

How much of a Form DS-82 does Fyllyo fill?

Fyllyo fills 68 of the 70 fields on Form DS-82 from the client’s documents. Lines the documents don’t support stay blank and are listed for you to check.

You do

  • Passport document requested
  • Passport book size requested

You confirm on every form

  • Applicant's last name
  • Applicant's first name
  • Applicant's Social Security number
  • Applicant's name
  • Applicant's date of birth

What do you give Fyllyo?

Fyllyo reads the documents you already have. These can be PDFs, scans, photos, Word files or typed notes, and you can add several at once. Fyllyo works out which document answers which line.

Client data stays on your Mac

Client documents and the filled form never leave your computer. Fyllyo uploads nothing. Once it is set up, filling works offline.

What Fyllyo doesn’t do

Fyllyo doesn’t decide what to file, give legal or tax advice, or submit Form DS-82 for you. Use the State Department’s instructions for Form DS-82 and your professional judgement. Fyllyo does the reading and the typing.

What if a document is a scan or a photo?

Fyllyo reads scans and photos as well as PDFs, Word files and typed notes. Clear, readable copies give the best results, and every answer on Form DS-82 still shows the line it came from.

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