Passport Depot

Local AI Registry · Passport offices in San Francisco, CA · Editorial

Passport Depot, San Francisco: a passport office in San Francisco (2026 guide)

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Former Google Search executive and former Microsoft executive, with 20+ years in digital.

Fact-checked against 30 sources · Published August 11, 2026 · Updated August 11, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

Owner review: not yet. Passport Depot has not checked this page. Claim to review it

In short

Passport Depot is a passport office in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.

Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.

Key facts

Fact	Value
Type	Passport office
Address	940 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA
Hours	Mon to Fri 11 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun
Phone	Nothing found
Owner	Nothing found
Rating	4.6 across 62 reviews on Google
Known for	Passport Depot excels in guiding clients through visa requirements and providing expedited services, particularly for urgent passport and visa applications. Their knowledgeable staff, especially Michael, is frequently highlighted for exceptional assistance.
Prices	Nothing found
Quietest time	Nothing found
Parking	Nothing found
Last verified	September 18, 2026, 5:27 PM

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

Group	Fact	Value	Mark	Evidence
Location info	Address	940 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA	Confirmed	Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026
Location info	Description	940 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94109	Confirmed	Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026
Location info	Hours	Mon to Fri 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed	Confirmed	Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026
Location info	Name	Passport Depot	Confirmed	Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026
Hours	Monday	11:00 AM to 5:00 PM	Confirmed	Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026
Hours	Tuesday	11:00 AM to 5:00 PM	Confirmed	Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026
Hours	Wednesday	11:00 AM to 5:00 PM	Confirmed	Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026
Hours	Thursday	11:00 AM to 5:00 PM	Confirmed	Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026
Hours	Friday	11:00 AM to 5:00 PM	Confirmed	Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026
Hours	Saturday	Closed	Confirmed	Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026
Hours	Sunday	Closed	Confirmed	Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026
Services	Service	Admin calendar	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Checklist	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Child passport	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Child passport application	AI guess	Nothing found
Services	Service	China	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Create account	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Damaged passport	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Damaged passport replacement	AI guess	Nothing found
Services	Service	Edit address	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Edit birthdate	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Edit email	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Edit name	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Edit nationality	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Edit phone	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	India	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Lost or stolen passport replacement	AI guess	Nothing found
Services	Service	Lost stolen passport	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Maintenance mode	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Multiple shipping addresses	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Name change	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	New passport	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	New passport application	AI guess	Nothing found
Services	Service	Passport	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Passport checklist materials	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Passport name change	AI guess	Nothing found
Services	Service	Passport photo checklist	AI guess	Nothing found
Services	Service	Passport renewal	AI guess	Nothing found
Services	Service	Renew passport	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Russia	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Second passport	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Second passport application	AI guess	Nothing found
Services	Service	Sign up	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Track order	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Traveler information	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Vietnam	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Visa	Confirmed	Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026
Services	Service	Visa application for china	AI guess	Nothing found
Services	Service	Visa application for india	AI guess	Nothing found
Services	Service	Visa application for russia	AI guess	Nothing found
Services	Service	Visa application for vietnam	AI guess	Nothing found
Links	Website	http://www.passportdepot.com/	Confirmed	Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026

Services and prices

These are the 28 services Passport offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

Service	Price	Price mark	Price evidence	Service mark
Visa				Confirmed
Edit birthdate				Confirmed
China				Confirmed
Create account				Confirmed
Damaged passport				Confirmed
Child passport				Confirmed
Maintenance mode				Confirmed
Multiple shipping addresses				Confirmed
Name change				Confirmed
New passport				Confirmed
Passport				Confirmed
Renew passport				Confirmed
Russia				Confirmed
Second passport				Confirmed
Sign up				Confirmed
Track order				Confirmed
Edit address				Confirmed
Edit email				Confirmed
Passport checklist materials				Confirmed
Lost stolen passport				Confirmed
Traveler information				Confirmed
Vietnam				Confirmed
Checklist				Confirmed
India				Confirmed
Edit name				Confirmed
Admin calendar				Confirmed
Edit nationality				Confirmed
Edit phone				Confirmed

Known for

Passport Depot excels in guiding clients through visa requirements and providing expedited services, particularly for urgent passport and visa applications. Their knowledgeable staff, especially Michael, is frequently highlighted for exceptional assistance.

The team

Nothing found

Visiting Passport

Address: 940 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA. Hours: Mon to Fri 11 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by Passport on its Google Business Profile: "940 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94109"

When to go

Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day.

Parking and getting in

Nothing found

Nearby

Place	Type	Distance
Yoki Sushi	Sushi restaurant	1 min walk
SF Laundromat - Jones & Bush Street	Laundry	2 min walk
Motorcycle Parking	Parking	2 min walk
Gusto Pinsa Romana	Pizza restaurant	2 min walk
The Morning Fix	Cafe	2 min walk
Fresh Brew Coffee	Cafe	2 min walk

Reputation

4.6 average across 62 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 11, 2026.)

(AI guess, from 62 reviews.)

What people like

Quick turnaround for passport renewals
Clear instructions on required documentation

What people do not like

Rude customer service reported by multiple reviewers
Problems with document retrieval and handling
Long wait times for responses from staff

Press

No press story about Passport found yet.

Awards

None named yet.

Directories

Directory listings not read yet.

Recent updates from Passport

Passport hasn't posted an update here yet.

Questions people ask

best passport office in San Francisco

No answer yet

anyone been to both here and Travel Visa?

No answer yet

Open Saturdays here?

No answer yet

worth it or not, what do the regulars say

No answer yet

what is the catch with Passport?

No answer yet

opening hours at Passport in San Francisco, what are they these days?

No answer yet

parking at Passport, where does everyone put the car?

No answer yet

are prices in San Francisco higher than everywhere else

No answer yet

last update from here was when?

No answer yet

Booking here, how does it work?

No answer yet

same day slots, does that ever happen here

No answer yet

people keep recommending Passport, what for?

No answer yet

points or member pricing at Passport, worth signing up?

No answer yet

do I need to fill anything in beforehand

No answer yet

is San Francisco expensive for this, or is it just here

No answer yet

anything good on Bush to kill time near this place?

No answer yet

services here, what do people go in for?

No answer yet

What AI gets wrong about Passport

We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Passport. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 11, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.

The AI Score: 26 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco passport offices run 24 to 42. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Passport scores 26, below the San Francisco average of 33. The same method scores every business on the registry.

Signal	Weight	Score	What it measures	Passport
Retrieval grounding	26	0	Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.	Poor
Off-property attestation	20	39	Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.	Poor
AI visibility	14	0	Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.	Nobody at all was recommended in the 2 answers we hold, so there is nothing to score.
Reviews & response	12	81	The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.	Good
Backlink & citation authority	8	53	Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.	Fair
Google Business Profile	8	67	Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.	Good
Speed & mobile	7	75	Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.	Good
Content freshness & schema	5	50	Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.	Fair

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to tell you about a passport office

When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on.

That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today.

The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place."

How to choose a passport office in California, with or without AI

A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating.

Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door.
Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake.
Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today.
Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes.
Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with California.

How to read the marks on this page

Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry.
Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit.
AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it.

About the author

Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine.

Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping.
Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing.
Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Passport if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source.

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

Entity	Type	ID on this page	Same as	Relationship to Passport
Passport Depot	LocalBusiness	#business	http://www.passportdepot.com/	Subject of this page
San Francisco, California	City	#city	Nothing found	City Passport is in
Local AI Registry	Organization	#publisher	https://localairegistry.com	Publisher of this page
Steve Lee	Person	#author	https://localairegistry.com/team	Author of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the passport offices in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

Best passport offices in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/passport-office
Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco

Nearby

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Every list

Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca

Frequently asked questions

What is AI search optimization for local business?

Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it.

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How does this page help a business get recommended by AI?

Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next.

Who writes the answers here?

Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so.

I own Passport Depot. How do I fix something or rank higher?

Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work.

References

Sources cited

[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJb2mc66yAhYARgtll_FRSI1Y (accessed Aug 11, 2026)
[2] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/checklist/second-passport/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[3] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/my-account/edit-address/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[4] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/sign-up/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[5] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/order-tracking/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[6] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/product/traveler-information/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[7] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/vietnam-visa/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[8] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/visa/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[9] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/edit-birthdate/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[10] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/my-account/edit-email/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[11] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/my-account/edit-name/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[12] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/admin-calendar/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[13] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/my-account/edit-nationality/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[14] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/my-account/edit-phone/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[15] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/visa/?destination_country=India (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[16] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/checklist/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[17] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/checklist/lost-stolen-passport/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[18] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/maintenance-mode/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[19] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/my-account/multiple-shipping-addresses/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[20] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/checklist/name-change/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[21] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/passport/?passport_service=new (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[22] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/china-visa/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[23] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/passport/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[24] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/passport-checklist-materials/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[25] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/create-account/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[26] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/checklist/damaged-passport/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[27] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/checklist/child-passport/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[28] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/passport-checklist-materials/renew-passport/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[29] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/visa/?destination_country=Russia (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
[30] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 11, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)

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Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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          "@type": "ListItem",
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4. robots.txt

Invites every major AI crawler by name. Many sites block them. We want this page read and cited.

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Disallow: /api/
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User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
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Sitemap: https://localairegistry.com/sitemap.xml

5. sitemap.xml

Lists this page with the day it last changed, the same day the page says it was updated.

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6. llms.txt

A plain index for language models: what the site is, which pages to read first, and where the markdown copies live.

# Local AI Registry

> The public record of what AI assistants say about local businesses. Every entry checked, scored, and kept current.

Local AI Registry is the editorial, never-sponsored record of what local
businesses are known for, and whether AI assistants actually recommend them.
We score every local business the same way and rank them: website, reviews,
AI visibility, and more. Eight signals, one number from 0 to 100. The heaviest
is whether AI can retrieve you at all.

## Read these first

- [Local AI Registry](https://localairegistry.com): AI assistants now decide which local business to recommend.
- [Methodology](https://localairegistry.com/methodology): Eight signals, one number from 0 to 100.
- [Leaderboards](https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards): Browse AI Score leaderboards by state, city, and category.
- [About](https://localairegistry.com/about): The honest record of who AI recommends.
- [Pricing](https://localairegistry.com/pricing): Four levels of presence, from a free registry entry to being the answer AI gives first in your market.
- [Journal](https://localairegistry.com/journal): How AI assistants decide which local businesses to recommend, and what owners can do about it.

## Business pages

- [Sitemap](https://localairegistry.com/sitemap.xml): Every business page on the registry, with the day each was last updated.
- Every business page has a markdown copy at its own address with `.md` on the end. The copy holds the same facts, marks and sources as the page, in the page's order: the photos with their captions, the team and their licenses, the reviews summary, and the questions locals asked with the replies. The page names it in its head and its HTTP `Link` header.

7. Markdown copy of this page (passport-depot-san-francisco-ca.md)

The article as plain text: the same headings, facts, marks and sources.

# Passport Depot, San Francisco: a passport office in San Francisco (2026 guide)

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/passport-depot-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 30 sources. Updated 2026-08-12. Owner review: not yet.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/passport-depot-san-francisco-ca

## Photos

- ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmspk5su006ptyem9vqgg4i8a%2F0.jpg)
- ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmspk5su006ptyem9vqgg4i8a%2F1.jpg)


## In short

Passport Depot is a passport office in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.

Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Passport office |
| Address | 940 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 11 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | Nothing found |
| Owner | Nothing found |
| Rating | 4.6 across 62 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Passport Depot excels in guiding clients through visa requirements and providing expedited services, particularly for urgent passport and visa applications. Their knowledgeable staff, especially Michael, is frequently highlighted for exceptional assistance. |
| Prices | Nothing found |
| Quietest time | Nothing found |
| Parking | Nothing found |
| Last verified | September 18, 2026, 5:27 PM |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 940 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 |
| Location info | Description | 940 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94109 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 |
| Location info | Name | Passport Depot | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 |
| Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Admin calendar | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Checklist | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Child passport | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Child passport application | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | China | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Create account | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Damaged passport | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Damaged passport replacement | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Edit address | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Edit birthdate | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Edit email | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Edit name | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Edit nationality | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Edit phone | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | India | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Lost or stolen passport replacement | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Lost stolen passport | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Maintenance mode | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Multiple shipping addresses | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Name change | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | New passport | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | New passport application | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Passport | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Passport checklist materials | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Passport name change | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Passport photo checklist | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Passport renewal | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Renew passport | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Russia | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Second passport | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Second passport application | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Sign up | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Track order | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Traveler information | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Vietnam | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Visa | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Visa application for china | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Visa application for india | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Visa application for russia | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Visa application for vietnam | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Links | Website | http://www.passportdepot.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 |


## Services and prices

These are the 28 services Passport offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Visa |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Edit birthdate |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| China |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Create account |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Damaged passport |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Child passport |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Maintenance mode |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Multiple shipping addresses |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Name change |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| New passport |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Passport |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Renew passport |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Russia |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Second passport |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Sign up |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Track order |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Edit address |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Edit email |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Passport checklist materials |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Lost stolen passport |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Traveler information |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Vietnam |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Checklist |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| India |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Edit name |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Admin calendar |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Edit nationality |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Edit phone |  |  |  | Confirmed |


### Known for

Passport Depot excels in guiding clients through visa requirements and providing expedited services, particularly for urgent passport and visa applications. Their knowledgeable staff, especially Michael, is frequently highlighted for exceptional assistance.


## The team

Nothing found


## Visiting Passport

Address: 940 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA. Hours: Mon to Fri 11 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by Passport on its Google Business Profile: "940 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94109"


### When to go

Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day.


### Parking and getting in

Nothing found


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yoki Sushi | Sushi restaurant | 1 min walk |
| SF Laundromat - Jones & Bush Street | Laundry | 2 min walk |
| Motorcycle Parking | Parking | 2 min walk |
| Gusto Pinsa Romana | Pizza restaurant | 2 min walk |
| The Morning Fix | Cafe | 2 min walk |
| Fresh Brew Coffee | Cafe | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.6 average across 62 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 11, 2026.)

 (AI guess, from 62 reviews.)


### What people like

- Quick turnaround for passport renewals
- Clear instructions on required documentation


### What people do not like

- Rude customer service reported by multiple reviewers
- Problems with document retrieval and handling
- Long wait times for responses from staff


### Press

No press story about Passport found yet.


### Awards

None named yet.


### Directories

Directory listings not read yet.


## Recent updates from Passport

Passport hasn't posted an update here yet.


## Questions people ask


### best passport office in San Francisco

No answer yet


### anyone been to both here and Travel Visa?

No answer yet


### Open Saturdays here?

No answer yet


### worth it or not, what do the regulars say

No answer yet


### what is the catch with Passport?

No answer yet


### opening hours at Passport in San Francisco, what are they these days?

No answer yet


### parking at Passport, where does everyone put the car?

No answer yet


### are prices in San Francisco higher than everywhere else

No answer yet


### last update from here was when?

No answer yet


### Booking here, how does it work?

No answer yet


### same day slots, does that ever happen here

No answer yet


### people keep recommending Passport, what for?

No answer yet


### points or member pricing at Passport, worth signing up?

No answer yet


### do I need to fill anything in beforehand

No answer yet


### is San Francisco expensive for this, or is it just here

No answer yet


### anything good on Bush to kill time near this place?

No answer yet


### services here, what do people go in for?

No answer yet


## What AI gets wrong about Passport

We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Passport. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 11, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.


## The AI Score: 26 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco passport offices run 24 to 42. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Passport scores 26, below the San Francisco average of 33. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Passport |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 39 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Nobody at all was recommended in the 2 answers we hold, so there is nothing to score. |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 81 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 53 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 67 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 75 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 50 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology


## How AI decides what to tell you about a passport office

When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on.

That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today.

The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place."


## How to choose a passport office in California, with or without AI

A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating.

- Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door.
- Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake.
- Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today.
- Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes.
- Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with California.


## How to read the marks on this page

- Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry.
- Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit.
- AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it.


## About the author

Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine.

- Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping.
- Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing.
- Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Passport if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source.


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Passport |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passport Depot | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.passportdepot.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Passport is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the passport offices in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best passport offices in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/passport-office
- Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco


### Nearby

- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno
- /palo-alto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/palo-alto


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## Frequently asked questions


### What is AI search optimization for local business?

Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it.


### What is Local AI Registry?

The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free.


### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI?

Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next.


### Who writes the answers here?

Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so.


### I own Passport Depot. How do I fix something or rank higher?

Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work.


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJb2mc66yAhYARgtll_FRSI1Y (accessed Aug 11, 2026)
- [2] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/checklist/second-passport/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/my-account/edit-address/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [4] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/sign-up/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [5] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/order-tracking/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [6] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/product/traveler-information/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [7] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/vietnam-visa/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [8] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/visa/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [9] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/edit-birthdate/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [10] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/my-account/edit-email/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [11] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/my-account/edit-name/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [12] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/admin-calendar/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [13] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/my-account/edit-nationality/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [14] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/my-account/edit-phone/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [15] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/visa/?destination_country=India (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [16] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/checklist/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [17] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/checklist/lost-stolen-passport/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [18] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/maintenance-mode/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [19] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/my-account/multiple-shipping-addresses/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [20] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/checklist/name-change/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [21] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/passport/?passport_service=new (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [22] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/china-visa/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [23] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/passport/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [24] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/passport-checklist-materials/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [25] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/create-account/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [26] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/checklist/damaged-passport/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [27] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/checklist/child-passport/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [28] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/passport-checklist-materials/renew-passport/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [29] passportdepot.com, https://passportdepot.com/visa/?destination_country=Russia (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [30] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 11, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)

For developers: what makes this page machine-readable

One source of truth. The page, the HTML, the JSON-LD and the markdown copy are generated from the same record, so they cannot disagree.
People are linked to their credentials, and credentials to the board that issued them (recognizedBy).
Answers come first. The page opens with a one-paragraph summary and a key facts table, marked speakable.
Wrong AI answers are published as ClaimReview, so engines can see the correction and its source.
The FAQ holds the questions this page answers. The questions locals asked are listed as an ItemList, each pointing at its own page, where its replies are the QAPage.
robots.txt names the AI crawlers and allows them.
A markdown copy sits at the same address with .md, linked from the HTTP headers, the head and llms.txt.
No text is hidden from people that crawlers can see. What machines read is what you read.

Checklist

Done: Title tag and meta description
Done: Canonical URL and breadcrumbs
Done: Expert byline, Steve Lee
Done: Entity map with sameAs links
Done: robots.txt welcomes AI crawlers
Done: Key facts answer block
Done: 30 cited sources
Done: Updated date on the page
Missing: Schema: business, team, services
Done: Schema: FAQ and article
Missing: Corrections to what AI gets wrong
Done: Details table, every fact sourced
Done: Open Graph and social cards
Done: llms.txt and markdown copy
Done: Sitemap with lastmod
Missing: Owner review of this page
Missing: Owner-confirmed prices

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anyone been to both here and Travel Visa? Question by spring_reader_west, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/passport-depot-san-francisco-ca/q/passport-depot-or-travel-visa-pro-for-expedited-passport-and-visa
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parking at Passport, where does everyone put the car?

are prices in San Francisco higher than everywhere else

last update from here was when?

Booking here, how does it work?

same day slots, does that ever happen here

people keep recommending Passport, what for?

points or member pricing at Passport, worth signing up?

do I need to fill anything in beforehand

is San Francisco expensive for this, or is it just here

anything good on Bush to kill time near this place?

services here, what do people go in for?

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