[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: 22CFR51.64]



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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS

 

                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

PART 51_PASSPORTS--Table of Contents

 

                             Subpart D_Fees

 

Sec.  51.64  Replacement passports.



    A passport issuing office may issue a replacement passport for the 

following reasons without payment of applicable fees:

    (a) To correct an error or rectify a mistake of the Department.

    (b) When the bearer has changed his or her name or other personal 

identifier listed on the data page of the passport, and applies for a 

replacement passport within one year of the date of the passport's 

original issuance.

    (c) When the bearer of an emergency full fee passport issued for a 

limited validity period applies for a full validity passport within one 

year of the date of the passport's original issuance.

    (d) When a passport is retained by law enforcement or the judiciary 

for evidentiary purposes and the bearer is still eligible to have a 

passport.

    (e) When a passport is issued for the balance of the original 

validity period to replace a passport with a failed electronic chip.



[70 FR 53924, Sept. 13, 2005, as amended at 70 FR 61555, Oct. 25, 2005]