The phrase "acceptance facility" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to finance, logistics, or services where acceptance of items, payments, or applications occurs.
Example: "The bank has established an acceptance facility to streamline the processing of loan applications."
Alternatives: "acceptance center" or "acceptance service".
For new passports, clients first go to their local passport acceptance facility, like a courthouse or city hall, with photo identification, birth certificates and completed forms, which are sealed and sent to Passportsandvisas.com.
Before the law took effect, only one parent had to go to a passport office or a passport acceptance facility (a post office or federal building, for example) and sign a consent form; now, one parent must accompany the child to the office and bring written consent from the other parent, or both parents can accompany the child.
When the passport is ready, we go in and pick them up and FedEx them back to the customer". For new passports, clients first go to their local passport acceptance facility, like a courthouse or city hall, with photo identification, birth certificates and completed forms, which are sealed and sent to Passportsandvisas.com.
Find your nearest local passport acceptance facility.
Take your completed application to an authorized passport acceptance facility.
Acceptance places for first passports are listed on the Web site or in the blue pages of phone books, under "passport acceptance facilities".
If you're not applying at the last minute, these acceptance facilities mentioned by the State Department site are where you must go if you are seeking your first passport.
Another GAO investigation resulted in July 2007 recommendations that State "address weaknesses in the oversight of passport acceptance facilities," about 9,000 of which are located across the country primarily at U.S. Postal Service sites, as well as in courthouses and other institutions.
To apply for the first time, go in person to one of the many passport acceptance facilities around the country, including many post offices or libraries (you can find one by ZIP code at www.iafdb.travel.state.gov), with two photographs of yourself; proof of United States citizenship, like a certified birth certificate; and a valid form of photo identification, like a driver's license.
So is the number of passport agencies: 11 new locations since 2007, for a total of 29 nationwide, and some 8,000 passport application acceptance facilities such as post offices and libraries.
