****ALL incoming personnel and families are advised to acquire blue tourist passports prior to arrival in Sigonella, to avoid delays or issues acquiring a tourist passport.****
. The Passport and Visa Office at Fort Belvoir handles passports for Department of Defense personnel and their Family members traveling overseas on official travel orders.. U.S. Naval Hospital Sigonella will stop processing Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA) passports, May 26, 2024.. A full-time passport agent will arrive to Sigonella in summer/fall 2024 at the installation level, but has only been granted authority to process official/no-fee passports.. The Consular Agency (U.S. Embassy) in Palermo accepts all passport renewals and applications for infant passports for CRBA, and are by appointment only.. ONLY the U.S. Embassy in Naples can issue first-time, blue tourist passports to children and adults who are first-time applicants and do not fall under the CBRA category.. The Palermo office is not equipped to offer same-day passport services.. The Naples office can issue same-day emergency passports.