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Application for a U.S. Passport

OMB Control No. 1405-0004

Form DS-11

8 United States Code Section 1104-Powers and Duties of the Secretary of State

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2012-title8/USCODE-2012-title8-chap12-subchapI-sec1104

22 United States Code Section 211a – Authority to Grant, Issue, and Verify Passports https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2011-title22/USCODE-2011-title22-chap4-sec211a

22 United States Code 212 – Persons Entitled to Passport

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2011-title22/USCODE-2011-title22-chap4-sec212

22 United States Code 213 - Application for Passport; Verification by Oath of Initial Passport

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2010-title22/USCODE-2010-title22-chap4-sec213

22 United States Code 214 – Fees for Execution and Issuance of Passports; Persons Excused from Payment

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2009-title22/USCODE-2009-title22-chap4-sec214

26 United States Code 6039E – Information Concerning Resident Status https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2011-title26/USCODE-2011-title26-subtitleF-chap61-subchapA-partIII-subpartA-sec6039E

Public Law 106-113, Section 236 – The Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act , Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=106_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ113.106.pdf

22 United States Code 2714a(f) – Revocation or Denial of Passport in Case of Individual Without Social Security Account Number

http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:22%20%20section:2714a%20edition:prelim)%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title22%20-section2714a)&f=treesort&edition=prelim&num=0&jumpTo=true   

22 C.F.R. Part 50 Nationality Procedures

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2020-title22-vol1/xml/CFR-2020-title22-vol1-part50.xml

22 C.F.R. Part 51 Passports
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2020-title22-vol1/xml/CFR-2020-title22-vol1-part51.xml

Executive Order 11295 (August 1966) – Rules Governing the Granting, Issuing, and Verifying of United States Passports

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/11295.html

Executive Order 14168 (January 2025) – Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-30/pdf/2025-02090.pdf