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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)
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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).
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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).
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(STATE/COMMONWEALTH).
Use ONLY when authorized by CA/PPT/SIA. Use
COMMONWEALTH for Kentucky, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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also 8
FAM 706.1 regarding lost passport cards.
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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).
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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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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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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.
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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.
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.
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endorsement
also may be used to amend an existing
passport (see 8 FAM 1004.1 and 8 FAM
702.4).
UNCLASSIFIED (U)
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