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US passport card · wallet size

US passport card copy, front and back

The State Department calls the passport card a wallet-sized, plastic passport, the same size as a credit card.1 Both sides land on one Letter page at its real size.

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A closed specimen passport book (Book: 5 × 3 1/2 in) beside a specimen passport card (Card: same as a credit card), drawn to the same scaleSPECIMENBook: 5 × 3 1/2 inSPECIMENCard: same as a credit card
The book and the card side by side; sizes as the State Department gives them.
Size
Same as a credit card
Visa pages
None
Travel
Land and sea
Validity
10 years for adults

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Copy your passport card

Front, then back, on one Letter page.

Paper
US Letter
Saves as
passport-card-front-back.pdf

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Document ID card, driver's license or national ID · 85.60 × 53.98 mm (ID-1) Change

When you need a copy

Two places that ask for it.

Form DS-11As your ID for a passport

A valid or expired, undamaged US passport book or card is a primary ID; you hand in a photocopy of its front and back.2 The photocopy rules.

Form I-9 · List AA new job

It shows both identity and permission to work.3 The employer may copy it, only for the I-9.4

Card or book

What the card does, and doesn't.

Proof of US citizenship and identity, valid 10 years for adults and 5 for children under 16.1

YesLand and sea

Entering the US from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and some Caribbean destinations.1

NoInternational flights

Not valid for international air travel.1

YesDomestic flights

An alternative to REAL ID.1

Its size

Same as a credit card.

The State Department's words, beside the book's 5 × 3 1/2 in.1 No millimeters given, so none here.

Measure your card. At 85.60 × 53.98 mm (ID-1)5 the default fits; otherwise choose Custom size.

Print at 100% and hold a ruler to the copy. Checking a print.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of State Passport card vs. passport book. Read 7 October 2026. Read through the Internet Archive's copy (copy of 12 July 2026; the live page asks visitors to prove they are human).
  2. U.S. Department of State Photo ID Requirements (passports). Read 7 October 2026. Read through the Internet Archive's copy (copy of 7 July 2026; the live page asks visitors to prove they are human).
  3. USCIS Form I-9 Acceptable Documents. Read 7 October 2026.
  4. eCFR 8 CFR 274a.2, Verification of identity and employment authorization, (b)(3). Read 7 October 2026.
  5. ICAO Doc 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents, Part 5: Specifications for TD1 Size MROTDs (8th edition, 2021). Read 7 October 2026.

Official pages only: the standards, the agencies and the printer makers themselves. Where a page didn't say something, neither do we.