[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: 22CFR53.2]

[Page 273]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 53--PASSPORT REQUIREMENT AND EXCEPTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 53.2  Exceptions.

    A U.S. citizen is not required to bear a valid passport to enter or 
depart the United States:
    (a) When traveling directly between parts of the United States as 
defined in Sec. 50.1 of this chapter;
    (b) When traveling between the United States and any country, 
territory, or island adjacent thereto in North, South or Central America 
excluding Cuba; provided, that this exception is not applicable to any 
such person when proceeding to or arriving from a place outside the 
United States for which a valid passport is required under this part if 
such travel is accomplished within 60 days of departure from the United 
States via any country or territory in North, South or Central America 
or any island adjacent thereto;
    (c) When traveling as a bona fide seaman or air crewman who is the 
holder of record of a valid merchant mariner identification document or 
air crewman identification card;
    (d) When traveling as a member of the Armed Forces of the United 
States on active duty;
    (e) When he is under 21 years of age and is a member of the 
household of an official or employee of a foreign government or of the 
United Nations and is in possession of or included in a foreign 
passport;
    (f) When he is a child under 12 years of age and is included in the 
foreign passport of an alien parent; however, such child will be 
required to provide evidence of his U.S. citizenship when entering the 
United States;
    (g) When the citizen entering the United States presents a card of 
identity and registration issued by a consular office abroad to 
facilitate travel to the United States; or
    (h) When specifically authorized by the Secretary of State through 
appropriate official channels to depart from or enter the United States, 
as defined in Sec. 50.1 of this chapter. The fee for a waiver of the 
passport requirement under this section shall be collected in the amount 
prescribed in the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (22 CFR 22.1).

[31 FR 13546, Oct. 20, 1966, as amended at 37 FR 11459, June 8, 1972; 51 
FR 26247, July 22, 1986]