[Federal Register: January 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 16)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
22 CFR Part 51
RIN 1400-AC28
[Public Notice: 6071]
Passports; Correction
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the revised Passport
rule published in the Federal Register on November 19, 2007, 72 FR
64930.
DATES: Effective on February 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Consuelo Pachon, Office of Legal
Affairs and Law Enforcement Liaison, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 2100
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 3000, Washington, DC., telephone number
202-663-2431.
Background
The rule reorganizes, restructures, and updates the passport
regulations in order to make them easier for users to access the
information, to better reflect current practice and changes in
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statutory authority, and to remove outdated provisions.
Need for Correction
The final passport rule published on November 19, 2007 erroneously
labels two sentences in the rule contained in 22 CFR 51.21(b) and (c)
as a ``Note.'' This correction deletes the labels ``Note'' and corrects
the numbering of the two provisions.
Correction
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The final passport rule published on November 19, 2007 (72 FR 64930) is
corrected as follows:
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1. On page 64933, 22 CFR part 51.21 is corrected by making the
following correcting amendments:
PART 51--PASSPORTS
Section 51.21(b) and (c) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 51.21 Execution of passport application.
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(b) Application by mail--persons in the United States. (1) A person
in the United States who previously has been issued a passport valid
for 10 years in his or her own name may apply for a new passport by
filling out, signing and mailing an application on the form prescribed
by the Department if:
(i) The most recently issued previous passport was issued when the
applicant was 16 years of age or older;
(ii) The application is made not more than 15 years following the
issue date of the previous passport, except as provided in paragraph
(e) of this section; and
(iii) The most recently issued previous passport of the same type
is submitted with the new application.
(2) The applicant must also provide photographs as prescribed by
the Department and pay the applicable fees prescribed in the Schedule
of Fees for Consular Services (22 CFR 22.1).
(c) Application by mail--persons abroad. (1) A person in a foreign
country where the Department has authorized a post to receive passport
applications by mail who previously has been issued a passport valid
for 10 years in his or her own name may apply for a new passport in
that country by filling out, signing and mailing an application on the
form prescribed by the Department if:
(i) The most recently issued previous passport was issued when the
applicant was 16 years of age or older;
(ii) The application is made not more than 15 years following the
issue date of the previous passport, except as provided in paragraph
(e) of this section; and
(iii) The most recently issued previous passport of the same type
is submitted with the new application.
(2) The applicant must also provide photographs as prescribed by
the Department and pay the applicable fees prescribed in the Schedule
of Fees for Consular Services (22 CFR 22.1).
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Dated: January 18, 2008.
Ann Barrett,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of
State.
[FR Doc. E8-1205 Filed 1-23-08; 8:45 am]
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