[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: 22CFR9b.3]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 9b_REGULATIONS GOVERNING DEPARTMENT OF STATE PRESS BUILDING PASSES--Table 
 
Sec.  9b.3  Press correspondents employed by foreign media organizations.

    In order to obtain a Department of State press building pass, 
correspondents employed by foreign media organizations must:
    (a) Present to the Office of Press Relations, Department of State, 
Washington, DC 20520 a letter from his or her organization stating:
    (1) That the applicant is a bona fide, full-time media correspondent 
based permanently and residing in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area:
    (2) That the applicant is employed by the certifying organization;
    (3) That the organization and the applicant have regular and 
substantial assignments in connection with the Department of State as 
evidence by regular attendance at the daily press briefings.
    (b) A letter from the Washington, DC Embassy of the nation where the 
organization is headquartered or from the Embassy of the United States 
in the nation where the organization is headquartered attesting to the 
existence of the news organization and the applicant's employment by 
that organization. The Director of the Office of Press Relations may 
accept a letter from another source attesting to the existence of such 
news organizations and the applicant's employment if, in his or her 
judgment, a substitute letter is warranted.
    (c) Submit to the Office of Press Relations, Department of State, 
Washington, DC 20520 a signed application and FORM DSP-97 for a press 
building pass. Applicants must comply with instructions contained in 
paragraphs 1 and 6 of FROM DSP-97 regarding fingerprinting and prior 
arrests. FORM DSP-97 requires the following information:
    (1) Name;
    (2) Affiliation with news media organizations;
    (3) Date of birth;
    (4) Place of birth;
    (5) Sex;
    (6) Citizenship;

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    (7) Social Security or passport number;
    (8) Marital status;
    (9) Spouse name;
    (10) Office address and telephone number;
    (11) Length of employment;
    (12) Home address and telephone number; and
    (13) Length of residence.

[49 FR 4465, Feb. 7, 1984, as amended at 54 FR 1687, Jan. 17, 1989]