[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: 22CFR51.74]



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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS

 

                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

PART 51_PASSPORTS--Table of Contents

 

          Subpart E_Limitations on Issuance or Use of Passports

 

Sec.  51.74  Special validation of passports for travel to restricted 

areas.



    (a) A United States National wishing a validation of his passport 

for travel to, in, or through a restricted country or area may apply for 

a special validation to the Office of Passport Services, a passport 

agency, or a foreign service post authorized to issue passports. The 

application shall be accompanied by evidence that the applicant falls 

within the standards set out in paragraph (c) of this section.

    (b) The Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs or an 

authorized designee of that official shall decide whether or not to 

grant a special validation. The special validation shall be granted only 

when such action is determined to be in the national interest of the 

United States.

    (c) An application may be considered if:

    (1) The applicant is a professional reporter, the purpose of whose 

trip is to obtain, and make available to the public, information about 

the restricted area; or

    (2) The applicant is a representative of the American Red Cross; or

    (3) The applicant establishes that his or her trip is justified by 

compelling humanitarian considerations; or



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    (4) The applicant's request is otherwise in the national interest.



(Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 887, as amended (22 U.S.C. 211a); sec. 4, 63 Stat. 

111, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2658); E.O. 11295, 36 FR 10603; 3 CFR 1966-70 

Comp., 507; E.O. 12211, 45 FR 26685)



[45 FR 30619, May 9, 1980. Redesignated at 54 FR 8532, Mar. 1, 1989]