[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: 22CFR53.2]



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                       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



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    (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]