[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR51.24]

[Page 256]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 51--PASSPORTS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Application
 
Sec. 51.24  Change of name.

    An applicant whose name has been changed by court order or decree 
shall submit with his or her application a certified copy of the order 
or decree. An applicant who has changed his or her name by the adoption 
of a new name without formal court proceedings shall submit with his or 
her application evidence that he or she has publicly and exclusively 
used the adopted name over a long period of time.

(22 U.S.C. 2658 and 3926)

[31 FR 13540, Oct. 20, 1966, as amended at 49 FR 16989, Apr. 23, 1984]