[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 22, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 22CFR51.24]



[Page 242]

 

                       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]