[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 22, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 22CFR51.21] [Page 244-245] TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE PART 51_PASSPORTS--Table of Contents Subpart B_Application Sec. 51.21 Execution of passport application. (a) First time applicants, or persons who have not been issued a passport within the past fifteen years, and persons who are not eligible to apply for a passport under paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section. Except as provided in Sec. 51.27(b)(2)(i), a person who has never been issued a passport in his or her own name, or who has not been issued a passport for the full validity period of 10 years in his or her own name within 15 years of the date of a new application, or who is otherwise not eligible to apply for a passport under paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section, shall apply for a passport by appearing in person before a person authorized by the Secretary to give oaths, verify the application by oath or affirmation before that authorized person, provide two recent photographs as specified in the application, and pay the established fees. (b) Persons authorized by the Secretary to give oaths. The following persons are authorized by the Secretary to give oaths for passport purposes unless withdrawn by the Secretary in an individual case: (1) A passport agent; (2) A clerk of any Federal court; (3) A clerk of any State court of record or a judge or clerk of any probate court; (4) A postal employee designated by the postmaster at a post office which has been selected to accept passport applications; (5) A U.S. citizen employee of the Department of Defense designated by the Secretary of Defense to accept passport applications at a military installation within the continental United States selected to accept passport applications; (6) A diplomatic officer, a consular officer, an overseas nationality examiner, a consular agent or a notarial officer abroad; or (7) Any other persons specifically designated by the Secretary. (c) Persons in the United States who have previously been issued a full validity passport. A person in the United States who has been issued a passport in his or her own name may obtain a new passport by filling out and mailing a specially prescribed application together with his or her previous passport, two recent photographs as specified in the application, and the established fee to the nearest U.S. passport agency, provided: [[Page 245]] (1) The most recently issued previous passport was issued when the applicant was 16 years of age or older. (2) The application is made not more than 15 years following the issue date of the previous passport; (3) The most recently issued previous passport is submitted with the new application. (d) Persons outside of the United States who have previously been issued a full validity passport. In a foreign country in which a U.S. consular district has been designated by the Secretary to receive such passport applications, a person who has been issued a passport in his or her own name may obtain a new passport by filling out a specially prescribed application and sending it (by mail or as prescribed by the Secretary), together with his or her previous passport, two recent photographs as specified in the application, and the established fee to the consular office in the consular district in which he or she is present, provided: (1) The most recently issued passport was issued when the applicant was 16 years of age or older; (2) The application is made not more than 15 years following the issue date of the previous passport; and (3) The most recently issued previous passport is submitted with the new application. [44 FR 19393, Apr. 3, 1979, as amended at SD-165, 46 FR 2343, Jan. 9, 1981; 46 FR 16257, Mar. 12, 1981; 51 FR 20475, June 5, 1986; 55 FR 21538, May 25, 1990; 57 FR 59807, Dec. 16, 1992; 61 FR 43312, Aug. 22, 1996; 65 FR 39288, June 26, 2000; 66 FR 29906, June 4, 2001; 69 FR 15670, Mar. 26, 2004]