tionality he has been naturalized as a citizen of a foreign state or taken an oath of allegiance to a foreign state.

(b) If the applicant is a woman: Whether she has ever been married; if so, the name, and date and place of birth, of her husband, his nationality status; the place of his residence; her maiden name; whether she was previously married, and, if so, the name and place of birth of her former husband; the date and place of her former marriage; whether the marriage was terminated by death or divorce and the date thereof; and if the present or former husband was born abroad, the date of his emigration to the United States or an outlying possession of the United States.

(c) The applicant shall also comply with the requirements of § 51.23 (j)–(o).

(d) The provisions of § 51.23 (q), relating to photographs, and § 51.23 (r)(u), relating to supporting witnesses, shall also be observed in connection with applications submitted under this section.

(e) If the applicant desires that members of his family be included in his passport, he shall furnish such information with respect to them as may be required by the rules in this part for the purpose of determining their nationality status. (f) The applicant must submit such further information as the Secretary of State may require to establish satisfactorily his status as an national.

American

[E. O. 7856, 3 F. R. 799, as amended at 8 F. R. 7308]

AMENDMENT OF PASSPORTS

§ 51.27 By Department of State or its passport agents. Passports may be amended in the United States by the Department of State or any of the passport agents of the Department of State.

§ 51.28 To include only citizens of the United States. Passports may be amended to include only those persons who are citizens of, or who owe permanent allegiance to, the United States.

§ 51.29 Request for amendment should be in writing and contain documentary evidence of citizenship. A request for the amendment of a passport to include any person should be in writing and accompanied by documentary evidence that such person is a citizen of the United States or owes permanent allegiance to

the United States, and by two photographs meeting the requirements of the rules in this part.

CROSS REFERENCE: For requirements as to passport photographs, see § 51.23 (q).

§ 51.30 Inclusion of persons in immediate family. A passport may be amended to include any of the persons specified in §§ 51.7-51.13, that is, any of the persons who might have been included in the passport when originally issued.

§ 51.31 Inclusion of person bearing a valid passport in his own name. A passport will not be amended to include a person who bears a valid passport issued in his own name unless such passport is submitted for cancelation.

§ 51.32 Persons included in a valid passport. A passport will not be amended to include a person who is included in a valid passport unless such passport is submitted for amendment to exclude such person.

§ 51.33 Exclusion of person or persons originally included. A passport may be amended upon the written request of the person to whom it was issued, to exclude a person or persons originally included in the passport.

§ 51.34 Documentary evidence of object of applicant's journey. The Secretary of State may in his discretion require an applicant for an amendment of a passport to submit satisfactory documentary evidence of the object of his journey abroad.

PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF PASSPORTS; RENEWAL AND EXTENSION

§ 51.35 Original period of validity 2 years. The original period of possible validity of a passport is restricted to 2 years: Provided, That the passport may be renewed for a period of not more than 2 additional years under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State: And provided further, That the Secretary of State may restrict the original or renewal period of a passport to less than 2 years. (See 47 Stat. 157; 22 U. S. C. 217a.)

§ 51.36 Renewal; documentary evidence concerning object of applicant's journey. The Secretary of State may in his discretion require an applicant for the renewal of a passport to submit satisfactory documentary evidence of the object of his journey abroad.

FEE FOR EXECUTION OF APPLICATION, FOR ISSUE, AND FOR RENEWAL OF PASSPORT; EXEMPTIONS FROM PAYMENT OF FEE FOR ISSUE OF PASSPORTS

§ 51.37 Fee for execution of application for passport. A fee of $1 shall be collected for the execution of each application for a passport. This rule is applicable in all cases, including the cases of persons applying for passports to proceed abroad on official business for the United States. (See sec. 1, 41 Stat. 750; 22 U. S. C. 214.)

§ 51.38 Fee for issue of passport. A fee of $9 shall be collected for each passport issued, except as hereinafter provided in §§ 51.42-51.50. A fee of $5 shall be collected for the renewal of a passport. (See 47 Stat. 157; 22 U. S. C. 217a.)

§ 51.39 Retention by State officials of fee for execution of application. The Secretary of State is authorized to make regulations authorizing the retention by State officials of the fee of $1 for executing an application for a passport. (See sec. 1, 41 Stat. 750; 22 U. S. C. 214.)

§ 51.40 Fees for execution of applications for issue and renewal of passports to accompany applications. The fees of $9 for the issue of a passport and $5 for the renewal of a passport, payable in currency or postal money order, shall accompany each application for a passport and for the renewal of a passport executed before a clerk of a court. Money orders should be made payable to the Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. If currency is transmitted with the application it will be understood that its transmission is at the risk of the applicant. If the application is executed before a passport agent of the Department of State, the fee shall be paid in currency. Personal checks will not be accepted by clerks of courts or passport agents.

§ 51.41 Regulations for transmission to Secretary of State of fees collected in passport agencies. The Secretary of State is authorized in the case of passport agencies to make such regulations as he may deem satisfactory for the transmission to him of fees collected in such agencies.

§ 51.42 Officers or employees of United States abroad on official duty. No fees shall be collected for passports issued to officers or employees of the United States proceeding abroad in the discharge of

their official duties, or to members of their immediate families, or to seamen, or to widows, children, parents, brothers, and sisters of American soldiers, sailors, or marines buried abroad whose journey is undertaken for the purpose and with the intent of visiting the graves of such soldiers, sailors, or marines, which facts shall be made a part of the application for the passport (Sec. 1, 41 Stat. 750; 22 U. S. C. 214).

The

§ 51.43 Written request from head of department or office. In order to be exempt from the payment of the passport fee, an officer or employee of the United States shall submit with his application a written request for a passport from the head of the department or office in which he is employed. request should set forth the nature of the employment of the applicant, the names of the countries in which he intends to travel, and the official nature of the journey abroad. These conditions shall be applicable to the renewal of a passport to an officer or employee of the United States.

§ 51.44 Member of immediate family of applicant. An applicant who is a member of the immediate family of an officer or employee of the United States who intends to go abroad on official business, or who is abroad on such business, shall not be required to submit documentary evidence of the official status of the officer or employee of the United States of whose immediate family he is a member if he will refer to the passport application made by such officer or employee and such application meets the requirements of the preceding section.

§ 51.45

American seamen. No fees shall be collected for passports issued to American seamen. (See sec. 1, 41 Stat. 750; 22 U. S. C. 214.)

§ 51.46 American seamen employed as such on American vessels. Passports should not be issued to American seamen employed as such on American vessels unless documentary evidence is submitted to the Secretary of State satisfactorily establishing that it is necessary for the seaman to bear an American passport, in addition to the ordinary official documents issued to seamen, in which case they may be issued passports valid for a period sufficient to enable them to carry out the purpose for which the passport is desired. Seamen not

§ 51.48 Seaman's certificate of American citizenship to be submitted with application for passport. A seaman who possesses a seaman's certificate of American citizenship should submit such certificate with his application for a passport. No other document issued to a seaman under laws applicable to seamen shall be required to be surrendered in connection with an application for a passport.

§ 51.49 Immediate family of American soldier, sailor, or marine buried abroad. No fees shall be collected for passports issued to widows, children, parents, brothers, and sisters of an Amer. ican soldier, sailor, or marine buried abroad, who intend to go abroad for the purpose of visiting the grave of such soldier, sailor, or marine. Stat. 750; 22 U. S. C. 214.)

records. A certificate to be acceptable must show the date and place of birth and that the record thereof was made at the time of birth or shortly thereafter. If a birth certificate is not obtainable, that fact should be shown, and the application should be supported by a baptismal certificate or a certified copy of the record of baptism under the seal of the church in which the applicant was baptized, giving the date and place of birth, the date of baptism, and the date on which the record of baptism was made. A baptismal certificate to be acceptable must show that the baptism occurred within a short time after the date of the birth of the applicant as shown in the certificate. If birth and baptismal certificates are not obtainable, an affidavit of the parent or of the physician, nurse, or midwife who attended the birth, -or the affidavit of a reputable person having sufficient knowledge to be able to testify as to the place and date of the applicant's birth may be accepted. A person who did not attend the birth but who testifies concerning the place and date of the applicant's birth should state briefly how and through what source the knowledge was acquired.

§ 51.50 Statement from Department of the Army giving name of deceased soldier, sailor, or marine, and place of burial. In order to be issued a passport without payment of the passport fee, such applicant (under § 51.49), proceeding abroad for the purpose stated, must submit with his application a statement from the Department of the Army, Washington, D. C., setting forth the name of the deceased American soldier, sailor, or marine to whom the applicant claims relationship, and the place of burial in a foreign country. A passport issued upon such application will be valid only for the country in which the deceased soldier, sailor, or marine is buried and the countries en route.

EVIDENCE OF CITIZENSHIP TO ACCOMPANY APPLICATIONS FOR PASSPORTS

§ 51.51 Birth certificate. A person born in the United States in a place where official records of birth were kept at the time of his birth must submit with the application a birth certificate under the seal of the official custodian of birth

§ 51.52 Evidence of birth in United States of father of applicant born A person born abroad whose father was born in the United States and at the time of the applicant's birth had not ceased to be a citizen of the United States must submit with his application evidence of the father's birth in this country as required in the preceding section.

§ 51.53 Reference to application for passport previously issued. If the applicant comes within the provisions of § 51.51 or § 51.52 and has previously been issued a passport, reference to the application upon which such passport was issued will be sufficient, provided there was submitted with such application satisfactory evidence of American citizenship. If the applicant has not previously been issued a passport but his father has been issued such a document, reference to the application upon which a passport was issued to his father will be sufficient, provided there was submitted with such application satisfactory evidence of the father's American citizenship.

§ 51.54 Person born abroad after noon, eastern standard time, May 24, 1934, of mother born in United States. A person born abroad after noon, eastern

standard time, May 24, 1934, of a mother who was born in the United States and an alien father, must submit with his application evidence of the mother's birth in this country as required by § 51.51.

§ 51.55 Person born abroad after noon, eastern standard time, May 24, 1934, of parents born in United States. A person born abroad after noon, eastern standard time, May 24, 1934, of parents both of whom were born in the United States, must submit with his application evidence of the birth in this country of both of his parents as required by § 51.52. If either parent has previously been issued a passport, reference to the application upon which such document was issued will be sufficient as evidence of the citizenship of that parent, provided there was submitted with such application evidence of his American citizenship.

§ 51.56 Person born abroad whose father, born abroad, acquired American citizenship at birth. A person born abroad who claims American citizenship through the birth abroad of a father who acquired American citizenship at birth must submit evidence of the citizenship of his paternal grandfather and evidence that his father resided in the United States prior to the applicant's birth. If the father has previously been issued a passport, reference to the application upon which such document was issued will be sufficient as evidence of the citizenship of the father, provided there was submitted with such application evidence of his father's American citizenship and it satisfactorily appears from such application that the father had resided in the United States prior to the applicant's birth abroad.

§ 51.57 Person born abroad after noon, eastern standard time, May 24, 1934, whose mother, born abroad, acquired American citizenship at birth. A person born abroad after noon, eastern standard time, May 24, 1934, who claims American citizenship through the birth abroad of a mother who acquired American citizenship at birth must submit evidence of the citizenship of his maternal grandfather and evidence that his mother resided in the United States prior to the applicant's birth. If the mother has previously been issued a passport reference to the application upon which such document was issued will be sufficient as evidence of the citizenship of the mother, provided there was submitted

with such application evidence of her father's American citizenship and it satisfactorily appears from such application that the mother had resided in the United States prior to the applicant's birth abroad.

§ 51.58 Person born abroad claiming citizenship at birth through parent naturalized as citizen. A person born abroad who claims citizenship at birth through a parent who was naturalized as a citizen of the United States must submit with his application the parent's certificate of naturalization, unless the applicant or his father has previously been issued a passport upon an application with which was submitted satisfactory evidence of the father's naturalization.

§ 51.59 Person naturalized in his own right. A person naturalized in his own right must submit with his application his certificate of naturalization.

§ 51.60 Child of naturalized citizen. The child of a naturalized citizen claiming citizenship through the naturalization of the father or mother must submit the certificate of naturalization of the parent through whom he claims American citizenship, and if the parent was naturalized after noon, eastern standard time, May 24, 1934, he must show that he has resided in the United States as a minor for a period of 5 years. If both parents have been naturalized, appropriate evidence thereof should be submitted. If the mother resumed American citizenship under section 3 of the act of March 2, 1907 (34 Stat. 1228 as amended), or was repatriated under the act of June 25, 1936 (49 Stat. 1917; 8 U.S. C. 9a), appropriate evidence of such resumption or repatriation must be submitted with the application.

[E. O. 7856, 3 F. R. 799, as amended at 8 F. R. 7307]

§ 51.61 Reference to application for passport previously issued. If the applicant comes within the provisions of § 51.59 or § 51.60 and has previously been issued a passport, reference to the application upon which such passport was issued will be sufficient, provided there was submitted with such application evidence of his naturalization or the naturalization of the parent through whom he claims citizenship.

§ 51.62 Adopted alien child. As the adoption of an alien child by an Ameri

can citizen does not confer American citizenship upon such child, it is necessary when an adopted minor child is to be included in the passport of a foster parent or parents that the application be accompanied by documentary evidence of the adoption of the child and evidence of the child's American citizenship. When evidence of the citizenship of an adopted child of the nature mentioned in this section cannot be obtained but the custody of the adopted child was obtained during early infancy from a reputable charitable or other organization, an affidavit may be executed by an official of such organization, setting forth, if possible, the date and place of birth in the United States of its former ward, the fact that the child has been legally adopted, the date and manner of adoption, and the name and place of residence of the adoptive parent or parents. Such affidavit should also set forth the basis for the knowledge and belief of the affiant concerning the date and place of birth of the child and the date when the child was placed in the custody of the organization. If the child has not been formally adopted, that fact should be set forth in the affidavit, together with a statement indicating that the child has had a permanent and established place for a definite period of time with the family in whose custody the child has been placed by the organization. The Secretary of State may require the submission of such further information or documents as he may deem necessary to establish the legal or actual custody of the child and its nationality.

§ 51.63 Application including wife of applicant. When an application includes the wife of the applicant, evidence of the husband's citizenship only shall be required if the wife was born in the United States, or if alien born was eligible to naturalization under section 1994 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (repealed by section 6 of the act of September 22, 1922, 42 Stat. 1022; 8 U. S. C. 10), Provided, That in both cases the marriage occurred prior to September 22, 1922, and the applicant was an American citizen at the time of marriage or became a citizen prior to the date mentioned. When the marriage occurred on or after September 22, 1922, evidence of the American citizenship of both the husband and wife must accompany the application.

§ 51.64 Application including husband of applicant. When an application includes the husband of the applicant, evidence of the husband's citizenship and not evidence of the wife's citizenship should be submitted if the marriage occurred prior to September 22, 1922. If the marriage occurred on or after September 22, 1922, evidence of the citizenship of the applicant and her husband must accompany the application.

§ 51.65 Further information concerning American citizenship. The Secretary of State may require such additional evidence of citizenship as in his judgment may be necessary to establish the citizenship of an applicant for a passport.

EVIDENCE OF CITIZENSHIP TO ACCOMPANY A WOMAN'S APPLICATION FOR A PASSPORT

§ 51.66 American-born women. The following classes of American-born women must submit evidence of their own citizenship:

(a) One who has never been married. (b) One who married on or after September 22, 1922.

(c) One who was married to an alien between March 2, 1907, and September 22, 1922, and whose marital status was terminated prior to September 22, 1922. If the marriage was terminated by divorce, the original decree of divorce or a certified copy of the court record thereof must be submitted. If the marriage was terminated by death, a statement to that effect must be made in the application. Prior to September 22, 1922, upon the termination of such a marriage a woman could resume her American citizenship, if abroad, by registering as an American citizen within 1 year with a Consul of the United States, or by returning to reside in the United States, or, if residing in the United States at the termination of the marital relationship, by continuing to reside therein. (Section 3, act of March 2, 1907, 34 Stat. 1228, repealed by section 7, Act of September 22, 1922, 42 Stat. 1022.) The manner in which American citizenship was resumed prior to September 22, 1922, must be set forth in the application and supported by appropriate evidence. If necessary, a supplementary statement under oath should be attached to the application.

(d) One who married an alien prior to March 2, 1907, but who did not, subsequent to the marriage, reside permanently abroad.