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2 PASSPORT ENDORSEMENTS

UNCLASSIFIED (U)

8 FAM 505.2
PASSPORT ENDORSEMENTS
(CT:CITZ-66;   12-10-2021)
(Office of Origin:  CA/PPT/S/A)

8 FAM 505.2-1  ENDORSEMENT CODE


PROCEDURES
(CT:CITZ-29;   12-12-2019)
a. “Endorsement” means an official stamped,
typed, or written indication of the
circumstances under which a passport was
issued or can be used.  The bearer
may also be provided with an information
notice that provides more
information on the endorsement.  Endorsed passports
indicate that:
(1)  They are valid only for a specific period of time;
(2)  The bearer has a certain status; and/or
(3)  There is some other relevant information about the
bearer of the
passport.
b. Supervisory consular officers abroad and directors
of passport agencies and
centers must ensure that endorsements are processed
correctly.  You must
use the standard wording given for each endorsement.  Do
not modify the
endorsement text unless specifically authorized by the Passport
Services
(CA/PPT) for passport agencies and centers, CA/PPT or Overseas Citizen
Services, American Citizen Services (CA/OCS/ACS) for posts abroad, and the
Special Issuance Agency (CA/PPT/SIA) for special issuance passports as
authorized below).  You must use the specific endorsement prescribed for the
situation at hand and avoid the indiscriminate use of general
endorsements
such as Code 46.  The use of a nonstandard endorsement
or incorrect use of
a standard endorsement may cause confusion, problems
for the traveler, or
inappropriate action in subsequent adjudication.  Uniform
use of endorsements
will avoid such confusion, and minimize the need to
retrieve and review
previous passport files.
c.  Specific guidance about the use of endorsements is
provided in the
corresponding subject instructions in 8 FAM.  The endorsement
code must be
noted in the appropriate space on the passport application.
d. See 8
FAM 706.1 for specific information on using endorsements with passport
cards.
e. If a passport book contains two or more
endorsements, e.g., endorsements
73 and 75, that limit its validity period:

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(1)  For regular passport books, the validity period is
equal to the minimum
length of time provided in this appendix.  For example, if
one
endorsement limits the passport book to one year, and the second limits
it
to two years, the passport book would be issued with a one-year
validity
period; and
(2)  Special-issuance passports (official, diplomatic,
service, and no-fee
regular passports) must be limited only with regard to the
applicant's
entitlement to the special issuance passport:
(a)  All issues should be resolved prior to the issuance
of a special-
issuance passport.  For example, an applicant who did not submit
an
acceptable U.S. birth certificate must submit an acceptable birth
certificate before being issued a special-issuance passport; and
(b)  CA/PPT/SIA may authorize exceptions to this policy
in special,
emergency circumstances and limit the passport book for an
appropriate period of time to meet U.S. Government objectives.
f.  Unless provided otherwise in this subchapter, U.S.
passports (except
emergency photo-digitized passports) must be issued for a
minimum of one
year, even if the passport would otherwise be limited for less
than one year,
e.g., because of a limited period of entitlement.  The one-year
validity period
provides sufficient time for the applicant to:
(1)  Receive the passport;
(2)  Obtain all necessary visas;
(3)  Comply with airline carriage requirements;
(4)  Comply with foreign entry/exit requirements; and
(5)  Complete her or his travel.
g. CA/PPT/SIA may authorize the deletion of an
endorsement in a special-
issuance passport book if the status granted by the
endorsement no longer
applies and the applicant will remain entitled
to the passport book for a
period of time equal to or greater than its current
validity.  The special-
issuance passport book would then be amended to add the
new, correct
endorsement (see 8
FAM 1004.1).  Otherwise, the applicant must re-apply
and a new
special-issuance passport book issued for a period appropriate to
the
applicant's entitlement.  To delete an endorsement:
(1)  Use a ruler and a black pen to neatly line out the
endorsement text; and
(2)  Insert endorsement DEL and the new endorsement (if
applicable).

8 FAM 505.2-2  LIST OF CURRENT


ENDORSEMENTS
(CT:CITZ-66;   12-10-2021)

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This section contains all of the endorsements currently


available in Travel
Document and Issuance System (TDIS)
and/or American Citizens Services
(ACS).  If a previous endorsement does not
appear in this list, it may be
available in the Foreign Affairs Manual archive
for this appendix, or in the 1992
endorsement list.

(D) = Diplomatic Passports


(CD) = Courtesy Diplomatic Passport
(CARD) = Passport Card
(O) = Official Passports
(N) = No-fee Regular Passport
(R) = Regular Passport
(S) = Service Passport
(All) = All Types of Passports

CODE WORDING OF ENDORSEMENT (TEXT FIELD) or


(DROPDOWN/TEXT)
Explanatory notes appear below endorsement text in
this
font and color.)

01 (D) THE BEARER IS ABROAD ON A DIPLOMATIC ASSIGNMENT FOR


THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

01A (D) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF


SPONSOR),
ABROAD ON A DIPLOMATIC ASSIGNMENT FOR THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Used for all
eligible family members.

01B (D) THE BEARER IS ABROAD ON A DIPLOMATIC ASSIGNMENT FOR


THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR AS A MEMBER OF THE
FAMILY OF (NAME OF SPONSOR),
ABROAD ON A DIPLOMATIC
ASSIGNMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Used for
multiple
entitlements.

01T (D) THE BEARER IS (A MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND


TECHNICAL STAFF/A CONSULAR EMPLOYEE) OF THE UNITED
STATES MISSION ASSIGNED TO
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL
IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

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Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Used for


teachers.

01U (D) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF [NAME OF


SPONSOR],
(A MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND
TECHNICAL STAFF/A CONSULAR EMPLOYEE) OF
THE UNITED
STATES MISSION ASSIGNED TO THE ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL
IN THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Used for
eligible family members of teachers.

02 (D) THE BEARER IS THE (TITLE).


Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Used when an
applicant is identified with a lengthy title (e.g., "United
States Permanent
Representative on the Council of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with
the rank and
status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary").

02A (D) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF


SPONSOR),
THE (TITLE).
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Used for all
eligible family members.

03 THIS PASSPORT REPLACES PASSPORT NUMBER (NUMBER)


(R,CARD) ISSUED ON
(MON DY, YEAR).  IT IS VALID UNTIL (MON DY, YEAR).
To replace a passport canceled in error, a spoiled or
defective passport, a passport containing a data error
(including incorrect
endorsements), or a re-issued form DS-
4085 (see 8 FAM 1001.4). 
Limit to expiration date of
original passport.  This endorsement will print
the letter
"R" on the passport card to indicate that it is a
replacement.  Passports limited with endorsement 03 may
be replaced on form DS-82 if otherwise eligible.

04 (N) NO FEE.
Placed in all no-fee regular passports, except
dependent
passports with preprinted endorsement 60 used by
CA/PPT/SIA, the Charleston
Passport Center
(CA/PPT/CPC), and the Honolulu Passport Agency
(CA/PPT/HH).

05 (D) THE BEARER IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF


AMERICA TO THE (AFRICAN UNION/EUROPEAN UNION/VIENNA
OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS/ASSOCIATION
OF SOUTHEST
ASIAN NATIONS/ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION
AND
DEVELOPMENT) WITH THE RANK (AND STATUS OF

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AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND


PLENIPOTENTIARY/OF
AMBASSADOR).
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Use the exact
title provided by HR/PAS.

05A (D) THE BEARER IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF


AMERICA TO THE AFRICAN UNION WITH THE RANK AND STATUS
OF AMBASSADOR
EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

06 (D) THE BEARER IS A DIPLOMATIC COURIER FOR THE UNITED STATES


GOVERNMENT.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

07 (D) THE BEARER IS AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND


PLENIPOTENTIARY
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO
(COUNTRY).
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Use the exact
title provided by HR/PAS.

07A (D) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF


SPONSOR),
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND
PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO
(COUNTRY).
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Use the exact
title provided by HR/PAS.

08 (ALL) THE BEARER IS ALSO KNOWN AS (K-A GIVEN NAMES) (K-A


SURNAME).
Bearer uses an assumed name in addition to his or her
legal
name.

09 (ALL) THE BEARER IS A UNITED STATES NATIONAL AND NOT A UNITED


STATES CITIZEN.
·       
Placed in a passport book issued to a U.S. national
who
is not a citizen.
·       
“U.S. National” will be printed instead of
“USA” on the
front of the passport card.
 
Prior to the creation of this endorsement in
1992, the
bearer's status as a non-citizen U.S. national was
indicated by
circling the word "National" or crossing out
the word
"Citizen" in the Secretary's message on the
signature page of the
U.S. passport.

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10 (O,N) THE BEARER IS ABROAD ON AN OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT FOR THE


UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

10A (O,N) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF A PERSON ABROAD


ON
AN OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Used for all
eligible family members.

11 (D) THE BEARER IS AMBASSADOR AT LARGE FOR (TITLE).


Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Use the exact
title provided by HR/PAS (e.g., Ambassador at Large for
Global Women's Issues).

11A (D) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF


SPONSOR),
AMBASSADOR AT LARGE FOR (TITLE).
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Use the exact
title provided by HR/PAS (e.g., Ambassador at Large for
Global Women's
Issues).  Used for all eligible family
members.

12 (D, O, THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR).  IT CANNOT BE


N) REPLACED.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Dependent
(see 14 FAM 511.3) who will reach age of 21 while
accompanying sponsor on
permanent change-of-station
(PCS) assignment.  Limit to 6 months
past the bearer’s 21st
birthday.

12A THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR).  IT CANNOT BE


(D,O,N) REPLACED.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Dependent
(see 14 FAM 511.3) who will reach age of 23 and is
authorized educational
travel.  Limit to 6 months past the
bearer’s 23rd birthday.

12C THIS PASSPORT MAY BE REISSUED AT EXPIRATION.


(D,O,N) Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Endorsement
is for an eligible family member (see 14 FAM 511.3) who is
older than the age
of 21, is incapable of self-support, and is
accompanying the sponsor on a PCS
assignment overseas
as indicated on current travel authorization.

14 (R) THIS PASSPORT IS A REPLACEMENT FOR PASSPORT (123456789).

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This endorsement replaces “Linkage


Letters” used when a
foreign government requires that the applicant
provide
evidence of continuity of identity.  You may include this
endorsement
when requested by the applicant.

15 (R) THE BEARER IS A CONSULAR AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES


RESIDENT IN (CITY), (COUNTRY).
Use ONLY when authorized by HR/PAS (see 3 FAM
8912.5).  Bearer is a United States Consular Agent with
residence abroad. 
This endorsement cannot be used to
amend a next-generation passport
(NGP)--instead, you
must issue a new passport with amendments 03 (limited to
the original expiration date) and 15.

18 (O) THE BEARER IS A MILITARY OBSERVER IN SERVICE WITH THE


UNITED NATIONS MISSION FOR THE REFERENDUM IN THE
WESTERN SAHARA.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

21 (D) THE BEARER IS A (PERSONAL/SPECIAL) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE


(PRESIDENT/SECRETARY
OF STATE) OF THE UNITED STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Use the exact
title provided by HR/PAS.

21A (D) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF


SPONSOR),
A (PERSONAL/SPECIAL) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
(PRESIDENT/SECRETARY OF STATE) OF
THE UNITED STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Use the exact
title provided by HR/PAS.  Used for all eligible family
members.

22 THE BEARER IS (THE PRESIDENT/THE PRESIDENT ELECT/A


(D/CD) FORMER PRESIDENT/THE
VICE PRESIDENT/THE VICE PRESIDENT
ELECT/A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT) OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

22A THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF


(D/CD) SPONSOR),
(THE PRESIDENT/THE PRESIDENT ELECT/A FORMER
PRESIDENT/THE VICE PRESIDENT/THE
VICE PRESIDENT ELECT/A
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT) OF THE UNITED STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Used for all
eligible family members including widows and widowers.

26 (D) THE BEARER IS (THE CHIEF/AN ASSOCIATE) JUSTICE OF THE


SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

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Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

26A (D) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF


SPONSOR),
(THE CHIEF/AN ASSOCIATE) JUSTICE OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Used for all
eligible family members.

27 (D) THE BEARER IS THE (SECRETARY/DEPUTY SECRETARY) OF THE


DEPARTMENT OF (DEPARTMENT) OF THE UNITED STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  See
endorsement 37 for the Attorney General/Deputy Attorney
General.

27A (D) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF


SPONSOR),
THE (SECRETARY/DEPUTY SECRETARY) OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF (DEPARTMENT) OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Used for all
eligible
family members.  The eligible family member must
appear on U.S.
Government-funded travel orders.  See
endorsement 37A for the eligible family
member(s) of the
Attorney General/Deputy Attorney General.

29 (CD) THE BEARER IS A FORMER (SECRETARY/DEPUTY SECRETARY) OF


STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

29A (CD) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF


SPONSOR),
A FORMER (SECRETARY/DEPUTY SECRETARY) OF
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Used for all
eligible family members including widows and widowers.

32 (CD) THE BEARER IS A RETIRED SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER


WITH THE PERSONAL RANK OF CAREER AMBASSADOR.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

32A (CD) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF


SPONSOR),
A SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER WITH THE
PERSONAL RANK OF CAREER AMBASSADOR.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

35 (D,O) THE BEARER IS A SENATOR IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS


FROM
THE (STATE/COMMONWEALTH) OF

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(STATE/COMMONWEALTH).
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Use
COMMONWEALTH for Kentucky, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

35A (D,O) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF


SPONSOR),
A SENATOR IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS FROM
THE (STATE/COMMONWEALTH) OF
(STATE/COMMONWEALTH).
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Use
COMMONWEALTH for Kentucky, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia.  Used
for all eligible family
members.

36 (D,O) THE BEARER IS (A REPRESENTATIVE/THE DELEGATE/THE


RESIDENT
COMMISSIONER) IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
FROM THE
(STATE/TERRITORY/COMMONWEALTH/CITY) OF
(STATE/TERRITORY/COMMONWEALTH/CITY).
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.
 
Title:
·        
Select "A REPRESENTATIVE" for members of the
U.S.
House of Representatives from the 50 states.
·        
Select "THE DELEGATE" for members of the
U.S.
House of Representatives from Washington, D.C.,
American Samoa, Guam,
the Northern Mariana
Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
·        
Select "THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER" for the
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from
Puerto Rico.
Representational area:
·        
Select "STATE" for all of the 50 states
except
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
·        
Select "TERRITORY" for American Samoa, Guam,
and
the U.S. Virgin Islands.
·        
Select "COMMONWEALTH" for the states of
Kentucky,
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and for the
territories of
Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana
Islands.
·        
Select "CITY" for Washington, DC.

36A (D,O) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF

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SPONSOR),
(A REPRESENTATIVE/THE DELEGATE/THE RESIDENT
COMMISSIONER) IN THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS FROM THE
(STATE/TERRITORY/COMMONWEALTH/CITY) OF
(STATE/TERRITORY/COMMONWEALTH/CITY).
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Used for all
eligible family members.  Follow the guidance for
endorsement 36.

37 (D) THE BEARER IS THE (ATTORNEY GENERAL/DEPUTY ATTORNEY


GENERAL) OF THE UNITED STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

37A (D) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF (NAME OF


SPONSOR),
THE (ATTORNEY GENERAL/DEPUTY ATTORNEY
GENERAL) OF THE UNITED STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  The eligible
family member must appear on U.S. Government-funded
travel orders.  Used for
all eligible family members.

40 (N) THE BEARER IS A CREW MEMBER OF AN AMERICAN VESSEL.


Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Seaman
traveling abroad to join a vessel of U.S. registry.

41 (N) THE BEARER IS PROCEEDING ABROAD FOR THE AMERICAN


NATIONAL
RED CROSS.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Bearer is Red
Cross employee traveling to countries other than Japan and
Korea.

41C (N) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF A PERSON


PROCEEDING ABROAD FOR THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED
CROSS.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Bearer is an
eligible family member of a Red Cross employee traveling
to countries other
than Japan and Korea.

43 (D, O) THE BEARER IS ASSIGNED TO THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND


OBSERVERS.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

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45 (ALL) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES (MON DY, YEAR) AND WAS ISSUED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNDER 22 CFR 51.2(b).
Use when the first passport is unavailable due to visa
processing delay or when a foreign country will deny a visa
or entry to the
bearer of a passport containing markings or
visas showing travel to certain
other countries.  Second
passport books cannot be extended.
·        
Limit regular passport books to four years.
·        
Limit diplomatic, official, or no-fee regular passport
books to one year less than the expiration date of the
current passport book,
not to exceed four years.
See 8 FAM 1004.1 and 8 FAM 504.1.

46 (ALL) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR).  IT CANNOT BE


REPLACED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS AUTHORIZATION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
Special problems, which cannot be resolved before
emergency travel.  Limit to one year unless specified
otherwise below. 
Review file to determine what is needed
to replace passport.  May be replaced
with a fully-valid
passport if acceptable documentation or verification to
overcome the problem is submitted within one year from
the issuance date of
the passport unless specified
otherwise below.  For example, this endorsement
may be
used when:
·       
Child traveling abroad before adoption is final.
·       
Child traveling when original, notarized consent has
not
been submitted (see 8 FAM 703.7).
·       
Applicant traveling when original, signed declaration
that she/he has not been issued a Social Security
Number has not been
received (see 8 FAM 403.5).
·       
Unacceptable photographs (see 8 FAM 402.1).
·       
Infant traveling abroad before a name was selected
(see
8 FAM 403.1).
·       
Authorized exceptions to policy for official and
diplomatic
passport books.  Limitations will vary on a
case-by-case basis not to exceed
four years.  Use ONLY
when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.
·       
Persons indebted to the U.S. government who have
made
satisfactory arrangements to repay the loan and
are not in default of these
arrangements (see 8 FAM
501.5).

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·       
Persons identified by personal discussion with the
passport issuing officer for emergency travel (see 8 FAM
401.5).
·       
Applicants who have received a material name
change but
cannot provide
acceptable documentation thereof (see 8
FAM 403.1).
·       
Applicants with an imminent life-or-death emergency where
passport issuance is authorized under 22 U.S.C. 212a or 22
U.S.C. 2714(a)
(see 8 FAM 501.5-3(A) and 8 FAM 501.5-13).
Official passports:
·       
Military cadets or midshipmen traveling abroad on a
temporary duty assignment.  Limit to three years.
·       
All eligible family members of military general
officers
traveling on invitational travel orders accompanying their
sponsor on official
government business.  Limit to two
years.
No-fee regular passports:
·       
Next-of-kin of military personnel wounded or ill abroad,
or
persons traveling abroad to participate in a court-
martial -- traveling on
invitational orders at government
expense.  Limit to one year.  May be
replaced on receipt
of new travel authorization orders.
47 (ALL) THIS PASSPORT IS A REISSUE FOR PASSPORT (number) ISSUED
ON (MON DY, YEAR).
Must be used for re-issues (see 8 FAM 1001.4).
Do not limit the passport unless in conjunction with a
limitation endorsement such as code 71.

49 (D,O) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR).  IT MAY BE


REPLACED UPON AUTHORIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
STATE, PASSPORT SERVICES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Bearer is
personal- or non-personal services contractor traveling
abroad to fulfill a contractual
obligation with the United
States Government.  Requires special approval per
8 FAM
503.3.

52 (ALL) THIS PASSPORT IS ALSO VALID FOR ONE ROUND TRIP TO


(COUNTRY).
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/S/L.

53 (ALL) THIS PASSPORT IS NOT VALID FOR TRAVEL TO, IN OR THROUGH


(COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES).

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Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/S/L.

56 (N) THE BEARER IS A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER.


Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Peace Corps
volunteers and volunteer leaders traveling to any country
except the
Philippines.

57 (N) THE BEARER IS A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER PROCEEDING TO


THE
PHILIPPINES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Peace Corps
volunteers and volunteer leaders traveling to the
Philippines.

60 (N) THIS PASSPORT IS VALID ONLY FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH


THE
BEARER’S RESIDENCE ABROAD AS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY
OF A MEMBER OF THE
AMERICAN MILITARY OR NAVAL FORCES
ON ACTIVE DUTY OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Authorized
member of the family of members of the U.S. Armed Forces
traveling abroad on
official business.

62 (D) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR).  IT MAY BE


REPLACED ON PRESENTATION OF APPROPRIATE AUTHORIZATION.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.
·        
U.S. government personnel (military and civilian) who
are
eligible for a diplomatic passport because of a
permanent change of station
(PCS) assignment
overseas under the authority of a U.S. chief of
mission, and
only when requested by the employing
Federal agency.  Limit to length of
assignment plus
one year.  May be replaced on receipt of travel
authorization
orders.

65 (N) THE BEARER IS PROCEEDING ABROAD ON INVITATIONAL ORDERS


FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Bearer is a
person traveling on invitational orders for the DOD.

69 (O,N) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE CIVILIAN COMPONENT AS


DEFINED IN THE MAY 09, 1963 AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUSTRALIA
AND THE UNITED
STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Bearer is a
civilian DOD employee traveling on assignment to
Australia.

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69M THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY COMPONENT AS


(O.N) DEFINED IN THE MAY 09, 1963 AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUSTRALIA
AND THE UNITED
STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Bearer is a
military member traveling on assignment to Australia.

69C (O,N) THE BEARER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF A MEMBER OF THE


(CIVILIAN/MILITARY) COMPONENT AS DEFINED IN THE MAY 09,
1963 AGREEMENT
BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED
STATES.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Bearer is a
member of the family of a military member who is
accompanying the sponsor to
Australia.

70 (N) THE BEARER IS PROCEEDING ABROAD ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS


FOR
THE UNITED SEAMEN’S SERVICE.
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  Bearer is an
employee of the United Seaman’s Service traveling on
official business.

71 (ALL) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR).  REPLACEMENT


MAY BE ISSUED UNDER 22 CFR 51.41.
Used ONLY by passport agencies/centers.  Applicant has
an
urgent departure date.  May be replaced free-of-charge
with a fully-valid
passport provided acceptable citizenship
evidence is submitted within one
year from the issuance
date of the original passport.
 
This endorsement may be used when the evidence
indicates that the applicant may have a claim to U.S.
citizenship/non-citizen
U.S. nationality, but the applicant
has not submitted sufficient
documentation to the
preponderance of the evidence.  For example, this
endorsement may be used when:
 
·        
The applicant submitted secondary evidence of U.S.
citizenship.
·        
The applicant submitted a delayed U.S. birth
certificate without acceptable secondary evidence of
birth (see also
endorsement 77).
·        
The applicant acquired U.S. citizenship through birth
abroad or derivative naturalization, e.g., the applicant

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submitted a
photocopy of a parent’s naturalization
certificate.
·        
The Department has not completed a manual file
search
(see 8 FAM 1201.1).
·        
The applicant’s birth certificate has been
filed, but has
not been received: i.e., for newborns, if sufficient
evidence
of relationship to the parent(s) has been
submitted.
·        
The applicant submitted a birth abstract from an
issuing authority in the State of Texas that does not
include detailed place
of birth information.

72 (ALL) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR).  A FULLY VALID


REPLACEMENT MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
STATE WHEN A REVIEW UNDER
SECTION (340/349) INA IS
COMPLETE.
Bearer may have expatriated self and further
investigation
is needed, but bearer needs passport for immediate travel. 
Limit to one year.  Review file to determine what evidence
is needed to
replace passport.  May be replaced free-of-
charge with a fully-valid passport
if acceptable
documentation or verification to overcome the problem is
submitted within 1 year from the issuance date of the
original passport.

73 (R) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR).  REPLACEMENT


MAY BE AUTHORIZED UNDER 22 CFR 51.41.
·       
Applicant does not have original of his or her
Certificate
of Naturalization or Certificate of Citizenship, is in the
process
of applying for a new certificate from the
Department of Homeland
Security, and has an urgent
departure date (an applicant for a
replacement
certificate of citizenship may instead submit evidence
that
she/he has acquired U.S. citizenship through the
naturalization of a U.S.
citizen parent).  The applicant
must provide evidence that he or she has
applied for a
replacement Certificate of Naturalization (either an
original
or photocopied form I-797C, "Notice of Action" 
(the receipt for
the form N-565, "Application for
Replacement
Naturalization/Citizenship Document") or,
if unavailable, a printed copy
of case status showing
form N-565 acceptance from the USCIS "My
Case Status"
public website provided by the customer);
·       
 
·       
Verification of naturalization must be received,
either:

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·       
 
·       
Via the Person Centric Query Service (PCQS) in the
Consular Consolidated Database (CCD);
·       
A letter of verification of the applicant's
naturalization
from the United States Citizenship and Immigration
Services
(USCIS).  The letter must be on office
letterhead paper and contain an
original signature of a
local office director.  The letter must include the
applicant's full name and date of birth, date and place of
the
naturalization, the alien registration number and the
naturalization
certificate number as shown in USCIS
records; or
·       
Form GS-24, "Certification of Documents"
from the
former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
·       
 
Limit to two years.  May be replaced free-of-charge
with a
fully-valid passport provided new Certificate of
Naturalization/Certificate of Citizenship is submitted within
two years from
the issuance date of the original passport.

74 (R) THE BEARER’S FULL LEGAL NAME IS (NAME).


Use in rare instances when applicant has multiple,
legal,
first, middle, and/or last names listed on the birth
evidence, and/or
identification documentation that are too
long for total inclusion in the
passport data page.  TDIS and
ACS only allow for a certain set number of
characters on
the line for given and middle names as well as the line for
the
surname.  Determine, with input from the applicant,
what abbreviated version
of the legal name is acceptable to
her/him for inclusion in the passport data
page.  This
endorsement does not change the name as it appears on a
passport card, nor is it printed on the passport card.
·        
If the passport is being issued domestically through
the overseas photo-digitized passport (OPDP)
program, then the code 74
endorsement should be
used.
·        
Endorsement 112 is only for use by posts abroad
issuing an emergency photo-digitized passport
(EPDP).

75 (R) THIS PASSPORT CANNOT BE EXTENDED BEYOND 5 YEARS.


Bearer was under 16 when application was executed, but
reached 16 before issuance of passport approved or when
the passport was
printed (if there were delays in
processing).

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A passport with this endorsement cannot be renewed on


form DS-82 (22 CFR 51.21).
Although this endorsement is available in TDIS, TDIS
instead sets the issue date as the day before the applicant's
16th birthday
to avoid issue-date conflicts when the
applicant applies for both a passport
book and card
because the endorsement cannot be printed on the
passport card.

76 (R) A FULL VALIDITY PASSPORT BOOK AND CARD MAY BE


AUTHORIZED
UPON RECEIPT OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.
Use ONLY by passport agencies/centers in urgent book +
card application issuance situations where a passport card
cannot be issued
and only a limited validity passport book
may be issued because of
insufficient
citizenship/entitlement documentation to permit issuance
of full
validity document.

77 THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR).  REPLACEMENT


MAY BE ISSUED UNDER 22 CFR 51.42(b).
(ALL)
Use ONLY by passport agencies/centers.  Applicant
submitted a birth certificate filed by a potentially
fraudulent birth
document (PFBD) attendant that does not
meet the requirements necessary to
issue a full validity
passport, no derogatory information is located, and the
applicant has an urgent departure date.  Limit to one year. 
May be replaced
provided acceptable citizenship evidence is
submitted within one year from
the issuance date of the
original passport.  The application for a
free-of-charge full
validity passport must be referred to CA/PPT/CPC for
adjudication.

79 (R, N) THE BEARER WAS CONVICTED OF A SEX OFFENSE AGA INS T A


MINOR, AND IS A COVERED SEX OFFENDER PURSUANT TO 22
U.S.C. 212b(c)(1).
Bearer is a covered sex offender per 22 U.S.C.
212b(c)(1)
and her/his passport must be endorsed.  Diplomatic,
official,
and service passports must not be issued or
endorsed.  See also 8 FAM 501.5
regarding name clearance,
8 FAM 803.6 regarding denial and revocation of
passports,
and 8 FAM 706.1 regarding passport cards, for additional
specific
guidance on appropriate procedures.

90L THIS PASSPORT IS A REPLACEMENT FOR A LOST PASSPORT.


(O,S,N,R) Bearer has had lost one valid passport and adjudicator
is
satisfied with bearer’s statement about its disposition.  See

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also 8
FAM 706.1 regarding lost passport cards.

90S THIS PASSPORT IS A REPLACEMENT FOR A STOLEN PASSPORT.


(O,S,N,R) Bearer has one valid passport stolen and adjudicator
is
satisfied with bearer’s statement about its disposition.  See
also 8
FAM 706.1 regarding stolen passport cards.

90D THIS PASSPORT IS A REPLACEMENT FOR A DAMAGED PASSPORT.


(O,S,N,R) Bearer has damaged one valid passport and adjudicator
is
satisfied with bearer’s statement about its disposition.

91L (N,R) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR) AND IS A


REPLACEMENT FOR A LOST PASSPORT.  A FULL VALIDITY
REPLACEMENT MUST BE APPROVED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
STATE.
Multiple losses of valid previous passports or of one
previous passport when circumstances indicate possible
fraud.  To obtain a
full validity passport, the bearer must
execute a form DS-11,
provide citizenship and identity
evidence, and pay the execution and passport
fees.  Limit
to one year until TDIS and ACS are updated to limit to
18
months, after which the passport will not be eligible for
replacement
until 9 months after its issue date.
You may approve replacements in accordance with 8 FAM
902.3-4.

91S (N,R) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR) AND IS A


REPLACEMENT FOR A STOLEN PASSPORT.  A FULL VALIDITY
REPLACEMENT MUST BE
APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
STATE.
Multiple thefts of valid previous passports or of one
previous passport when circumstances indicate possible
fraud.  To obtain a
full validity passport, the bearer must
execute a form DS-11,
provide citizenship and identity
evidence, and pay the execution and passport
fees.  Limit
to one year until TDIS and ACS are updated to limit to 18
months, after which the passport will not be eligible for
replacement until 9
months after its issue date.
You may approve replacements in accordance with 8 FAM
902.3-4.

91M THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR) AND IS A


(N,R) REPLACEMENT FOR A MUTILATED PASSPORT.  A FULL VALIDITY
REPLACEMENT MUST BE
APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
STATE.

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Mutilation of one or more valid previous passports. 


To
obtain a full validity passport, the bearer must execute a
form DS-11,
provide citizenship and identity evidence and
pay the execution and passport
fees.  Limit to one year
until TDIS and ACS are updated to limit to 18
months, after
which the passport will not be eligible for replacement until
9
months after its issue date.
You may approve replacements in accordance with 8 FAM
902.2-4.

91D (N,R) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR) AND IS A


REPLACEMENT FOR A DAMAGED PASSPORT.  A FULL VALIDITY
REPLACEMENT MUST BE
APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
STATE.
Damage of multiple valid previous passports or of one
previous passport when circumstances indicate possible
fraud.  To obtain a
full validity passport, the bearer must
execute a form DS-11,
provide citizenship and identity
evidence and pay the execution and passport
fees.  Limit to
one year until TDIS and ACS are updated to limit to 18
months, after which the passport will not be eligible for
replacement until 9
months after its issue date.
You may approve replacements in accordance with 8 FAM
902.2-4.

99 A-C Open endorsements – to be used for customized


language in
(ALL) exceptional cases.
Use of this endorsement includes, but is not limited
to, the
following:
·        
To amend an existing passport with an endorsement
stamp (see 8 FAM 1004.1).
·        
Re-mail of a special-issuance passport book placed on
file at CA/PPT/SIA (using form DS-4085 to request
retrieval by an
authorized agency with proper
documentation (see 8 FAM 503.1)).  Use ONLY
when
authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.

DEL (ALL) THIS PASSPORT WAS AMENDED ON (MON DY, YEAR) TO REMOVE
AN
ENDORSEMENT.
This endorsement is used to amend an existing passport
to
delete an endorsement (see 8 FAM 505.2-1).

EP (ALL) THIS PASSPORT WAS ISSUED BECAUSE OF AN URGENT


DEPARTURE
DATE.  THE MISSING DATA IN THE CHIP DOES NOT

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AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THE


PASSPORT.  IT WILL BE REPLACED
UPON THE BEARER’S REQUEST.
Use ONLY when certificate authority server is down and
a
limited passport must be issued without the digital
signature.  Limit to
one year.  May be replaced anytime
using the form DS-5504 with the digital signature from
the
certificate authority upon the bearer’s request.  If replaced
after
one year, the new passport must be limited using
endorsement 03 (see 8 FAM
1001.5).

PRE- THE BEARER IS ABROAD WORKING IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED


PRINTED STATES GOVERNMENT.
(S) Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA.  This
endorsement is pre-printed in the service passport.  It is
not available in
TDIS or ACS.

100 (R) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR) AND CANNOT BE
EXTENDED.
Used ONLY by posts.  Limited-validity passport for
emergency travel.  Sufficient evidence of U.S. citizenship
and identity was
submitted.  May be replaced free-of-
charge with full validity passport if a
form DS-5504 is
submitted within one year of the issuance of the limited
passport. 
Otherwise, the applicant may re-apply on a form
DS-82.

100A (R) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR) AND CANNOT BE
EXTENDED.
Used ONLY by posts.  Limited-validity passport for
emergency travel when OPDP is in process but has not yet
arrived at post.  Do
not charge a fee.  Upon submission, the
EPDP may be replaced by the
previously-issued OPDP.  This
endorsement is pending an update to ACS and
TDIS.

101 (R) THIS PASSPORT WAS ISSUED UNDER 22 CFR 51.41 AND EXPIRES
ON (MON DY, YEAR).  IT CANNOT BE EXTENDED.
Used ONLY by posts.  Limited-validity passport for
emergency travel.  Evidence of U.S. citizenship submitted
was insufficient
for issuance of a full validity passport.  May
be replaced free of charge with
full validity passport if form
DS-5504 with acceptable U.S. citizenship
evidence is
submitted within one year of the issuance of the limited
passport.  Otherwise, the applicant must re-apply on a form
DS-11.

102 (R) THIS PASSPORT WAS ISSUED UNDER 22 CFR 51.23 AND EXPIRES

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ON (MON DY, YEAR).  IT CANNOT BE EXTENDED.


Used ONLY by posts.  Limited-validity passport for
emergency travel.  Insufficient primary evidence of identity
was submitted
(see 8 FAM 401.3).  Consular officer is
reasonably satisfied as to the
applicant’s identity based on
secondary evidence.  May be replaced free
of charge with
full validity passport if form DS-5504 with
acceptable
primary evidence of identity is submitted within one year of
the
issuance of the limited passport.  Otherwise, the
applicant must re-apply on
a form DS-11.

103 (R) THIS PASSPORT IS A REPLACEMENT FOR A


(LOST/STOLEN/DAMAGED) PASSPORT AND EXPIRES ON (MON DY,
YEAR).  IT CANNOT BE
EXTENDED.
Used ONLY by posts.  Limited-validity passport for
emergency travel.  Sufficient evidence of U.S. citizenship
and identity was
submitted.  May be replaced free of charge
with full validity passport if a
form DS-5504 is
submitted
within one year of the issuance of the limited passport. 
Otherwise, the applicant may re-apply on a form DS-11.

104 (R) THIS PASSPORT IS A REPLACEMENT FOR A


(LOST/STOLEN/DAMAGED) PASSPORT AND WAS ISSUED UNDER
22 CFR 51.23 AND/OR 22
CFR 51.41.  IT EXPIRES ON (MON DY,
YEAR) AND CANNOT BE EXTENDED.
Used ONLY by posts.  Limited-validity passport for
emergency travel.  Insufficient primary evidence of U.S.
citizenship and
identity was submitted.  May be replaced
free of charge with full validity
passport if a form DS-5504
with
acceptable evidence of U.S. citizenship and/or identity
is submitted within
one year of the issuance of the limited
passport.  Otherwise, the applicant
must re-apply on a form
DS-11.

105 (R) THIS PASSPORT IS VALID ONLY FOR RETURN TO THE UNITED
STATES BEFORE (MON DY, YEAR).  IT CANNOT BE EXTENDED.
Used ONLY by posts.  Use in extradition,
deportation,
passport revocation, and prisoner transfer cases; for a
parent with child support arrearages or when otherwise
authorized by the
Department.
You may only use this code for repatriation cases
when the
applicant does not have a passport.  Otherwise, you must
use the
special repatriation endorsement stamp provided to
posts for this sole
purpose (see 8 FAM 803.9).

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Do not charge the applicant an execution or passport


fee
for the following types of cases:
·        
Extradition;
·        
Deportation;
·        
Repatriation;
·        
Prisoner transfer; or
·        
When otherwise authorized by the Department under
22
U.S.C. 214(a).
Execution and passport fees must be charged for the
following types of cases, unless otherwise exempted as
described above (see 8
FAM 602.2):
·        
Child support payment arrearages (in accordance with
8
FAM 803.10);
·        
Sex tourism cases (22 U.S.C. 212a);
·        
Seriously delinquent tax debt (22 U.S.C. 2714a); or
·        
Passport revocation (see 8 FAM 803.6).
Limit to minimum length of time needed for bearer to
reach
the United States.  It cannot be extended or replaced.  To
obtain a
full validity passport, the bearer must execute a
form DS-11,
provide citizenship and identity evidence and
pay the execution and passport
fees.
 
Execution and passport fees must be charged for the
following types of cases unless otherwise exempted as
described above (see 8
FAM 602.2).  Limit to the minimum
length of time needed for the bearer to
reach the United
States.  May be replaced free-of-charge with a fully-valid
passport provided the required evidence is submitted with
a form DS-5504 within one year from the issuance
date of
the original passport.  The applicant may also re-apply on a
form DS-82 or form DS-11, as
appropriate.
·        
The applicant was issued a Social Security number
(SSN) but did not provide it with her/his passport
application.

106 (R) THIS PASSPORT WAS ISSUED UNDER 22 CFR 71.6 AND IS VALID
ONLY FOR RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES BEFORE (MON DY,
YEAR).  IT CANNOT BE EXTENDED.
Used ONLY by posts.  Use in victim of serious crime
cases
(see 7 FAM 1911) including international parental child

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abduction, or
for unaccompanied minors found or
abandoned abroad (see 8 FAM 502.1).  Do not
use this code
for crisis evacuation or repatriation cases--use ONLY the
special crisis evacuation manual endorsement stamp.
Limit to minimum length of time needed for bearer to
reach
the United States.  It cannot be extended or replaced.  To
obtain a
full validity passport, the bearer must execute a
form DS-11,
provide citizenship and identity evidence and
pay the execution and passport
fees.

107 (ALL) THIS PASSPORT WAS AMENDED UNDER 22 CFR 51.9 AND WILL
EXPIRE ON (MON DY, YEAR).  IT CANNOT BE EXTENDED.
Used ONLY by posts.  Use ONLY when specifically
authorized by the Department.  Endorsement will be used
only in the very rare
circumstances when the inability to
extend a passport would have national
security or foreign
policy ramifications.  To obtain a full validity
passport, the
bearer must execute a form DS-11, provide citizenship
and
identity evidence and pay the execution and passport fees.

108 (R) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR) AND WAS ISSUED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNDER 22 CFR 51.2(b).
Used ONLY by posts.  Limited validity passport for
emergency travel.  Use when the first passport is
unavailable due to visa
processing delay or when a foreign
country will deny a visa or entry to the
bearer of a passport
containing markings or visas showing travel to certain
other countries.  Limit to one year and cannot be extended. 
May be replaced
with a four-year validity second passport
on form DS-5504 if acceptable documentation of continued
need for a second passport is submitted within one year
from the issuance
date of the passport.  The applicant may
re-apply on a form DS-82.

109 (R) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR).  IT CANNOT BE


REPLACED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS AUTHORIZATION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
Used ONLY by posts.
 
Limited validity passport for urgent or emergency
travel. 
Use when special problem(s) cannot be resolved before
emergency
travel.
·        
Urgent or emergency travel for a child when original,
notarized consent has not been submitted (see 8 FAM
703.7).  Limit to three
months.

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·        
Applicants with an imminent life-or-death emergency
where passport issuance is authorized under 22 U.S.C.
212a or 22
U.S.C. 2714(a) (see 8 FAM 501.5-3(A) and 8
FAM 501.5-13).
·        
Limit to one year for all other special problems.
Application must be annotated to indicate the nature
of the
problem.  Review file to determine what is needed to
replace
passport.  May be replaced with a fully-valid
passport if a form DS-5504 with acceptable documentation
or
verification to overcome the problem is submitted within
one year from the
issuance date of the passport. 
Otherwise, the applicant must re-apply on a
form DS-11.

110 (R) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR) AND IS A


REPLACEMENT FOR A (LOST/STOLEN/DAMAGED/MUTILATED)
PASSPORT.  A FULL VALIDITY
REPLACEMENT MUST BE APPROVED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
Used ONLY by posts.  Limited validity passport for
emergency travel.  Limit to one year until TDIS and ACS are
updated to limit
to 18 months, after which the passport will
not be eligible for replacement
until 9 months after its
issue date.  Multiple loss, theft, and damage of
valid
previous passports or mutilation of one previous passport
when
circumstances indicate possible fraud.  To obtain a
full validity passport
the bearer must execute a form DS-11,
provide citizenship and
identity evidence and pay the
execution and passport fees.
If local immigration requirements dictate, consular
officers
may issue an OPDP valid for two years using endorsement
46.

111 (R) THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES (MON DY, YEAR) AND WAS ISSUED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNDER 22 CFR 71.
Used ONLY by posts.  Limited validity passport for
bearers
who are issued EMDA I (emergency medical and dietary
assistance)
and/or II loans but are not traveling back to
the United States.  Limit to
one year and cannot be
extended.  To obtain a full validity passport the
bearer
must execute a Form DS-11, provide citizenship and identity
evidence, and pay the execution and passport fees.

112 (R) THE BEARER’S FULL LEGAL NAME IS (NAME).


Used ONLY by posts.  Limited validity passport for
emergency travel.  Limit to 1 year.  Use in the rare
instances when applicant
has multiple legal given and/or

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surnames listed on the birth evidence and/or


identification
documentation that are too long for total inclusion on the
passport data page.  TDIS and ACS only allow for a certain
set number of
characters on the line for given and middle
names as well as the line for the
surname.  Determine, with
input from the applicant, what abbreviated version
of the
legal name is acceptable to him or her for inclusion on the
passport data page.  Endorsement code 112 is for use only
on emergency
photo-digitized passports (EPDP) issued by
posts abroad.  For OPDP issued
domestically, posts should
use code 74.  The applicant may re-apply on a form
DS-82.

113 (R) THIS PASSPORT WAS ENDORSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE


UNDER 22 CFR 51.2(b).  THE PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY,
YEAR) AND CANNOT BE
EXTENDED.
Used ONLY by posts.  Use ONLY when specifically
authorized, either by country or on a case-by-case basis, by
the Director of
CA/OCS/ACS.  This endorsement is used to
amend a passport with less than four
years validity when
the host country refuses to recognize the validity of a
visa
in a canceled passport.  Using this endorsement will, in
effect, make
the existing passport a second passport valid
for two years or less.  Post
may issue a new full validity
passport to the applicant.  Use of this
endorsement is
currently authorized for:
·        
The Russian Federation.

114 THIS PASSPORT EXPIRES ON (MON DY, YEAR).  REPLACEMENT


MAY BE ISSUED UNDER 22 CFR 51.42(b).
(ALL)
Used ONLY by posts.  Applicant submitted a birth
certificate
filed by a PFBD attendant that does not meet the
requirements
necessary to issue a full validity passport, no
derogatory information is
located, and the applicant has an
urgent departure date.  Limit to one year. 
May be replaced
free of charge on a form DS-5504 provided acceptable
citizenship
evidence is submitted within one year from the
issuance date of the original
passport.  Otherwise, the
applicant must re-apply on a form DS-11. 
If the application
for a free-of-charge full validity passport is received
domestically, it must be referred to CA/PPT/CPC for
adjudication.

115 (R) THIS PASSPORT IS A REPLACEMENT FOR PASSPORT (123456789).


Used ONLY by posts.  This endorsement replaces
“Linkage
Letters” used when a foreign government requires that
the
applicant provide evidence of continuity of identity.  This

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endorsement
also may be used to amend an existing
passport (see 8 FAM 1004.1 and 8 FAM
702.4).

116 (R, THE BEARER WAS CONVICTED OF A SEX OFFENSE AGAINST A


N) MINOR, AND IS A COVERED SEX OFFENDER PURSUANT TO 22
U.S.C. 212b(c)(1).
Used ONLY by posts in EPDP passports.  Bearer is a
covered
sex offender per 22 U.S.C. 212b(c)(1) and her/his passport
must be endorsed.  Limit the passport to 1 year.  See also 8
FAM 501.5
regarding name clearance, 8 FAM 803.6
regarding denial and revocation of
passports, and 8 FAM
706.1 regarding passport cards, for additional specific
guidance on appropriate procedures.

 
UNCLASSIFIED (U)

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