[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 22CFR51.25]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 51--PASSPORTS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Application
 
Sec. 51.25  Photographs.

    (a) Photographs of bearer. The applicant shall submit with his or 
her application duplicate photographs of the size specified in the 
application. The photographs should be sufficiently recent to be a good 
likeness of and satisfactorily identify the applicant. The photographs 
shall be signed in the same manner and form as required in the 
application.
    (b) Photographs of uniformed personnel. Only applicants who are in 
the active service of the Armed Forces and proceeding abroad in the 
discharge of their duties may submit photographs in the uniform of the 
Armed Forces of the United States.
    (c) Unacceptable photographs. A photograph with a waxed back or 
other coating which lessens adhesiveness is not acceptable. Newspaper or 
magazine pictures, snapshots, or full length photographs are not 
acceptable. Photographs of persons in the uniform of a civilian 
organization, except religious dress, will not generally be accepted.

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

[31 FR 13540, Oct. 20, 1966, as amended at 43 FR 1791, Jan. 12, 1978; 44 
FR 19394, Apr. 3, 1979; SD-165, 46 FR 2343, Jan. 9, 1981; 49 FR 16989, 
Apr. 23, 1984]