[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR51.28]

[Page 263]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 51--PASSPORTS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Application
 
Sec. 51.28  Identity of applicant.

    (a) If the applicant is not personally known to the official 
receiving the application he or she shall establish his or her identity 
by the submission of a previous passport, other identifying documents or 
by an identifying witness.
    (b) If an applicant submits an application under the provisions of 
paragraph (c) of Sec. 51.21 he or she must submit a prior passport with 
his or her application.
    (c) Any official receiving an application for a passport or any 
Passport Issuing Office may require such additional evidence of identity 
as may be deemed necessary.

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

[33 FR 12043, Aug. 24, 1968, as amended at SD-165, 46 FR 2343, Jan. 9, 
1981; 49 FR 16989, Apr. 23, 1984]