[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: 22CFR51.23]

[Page 245]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 51_PASSPORTS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B_Application
 
Sec.  51.23  Name of applicant to be used in passport.

    The passport application shall contain the full name of the 
applicant. The applicant shall explain any material discrepancies 
between the name to be placed in the passport and the name recited in 
the evidence of citizenship and identity submitted. The passport issuing 
office may require documentary evidence or affidavits of persons having 
knowledge of the facts to support the explanation of the discrepancies.

[SD-165, 46 FR 2343, Jan. 9, 1981]