[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 16 (Thursday, January 24, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4077-4078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1205]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Part 51

RIN 1400-AC28
[Public Notice: 6071]


Passports; Correction

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the revised Passport 
rule published in the Federal Register on November 19, 2007, 72 FR 
64930.

DATES: Effective on February 1, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Consuelo Pachon, Office of Legal 
Affairs and Law Enforcement Liaison, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 2100 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 3000, Washington, DC., telephone number 
202-663-2431.

Background

    The rule reorganizes, restructures, and updates the passport 
regulations in order to make them easier for users to access the 
information, to better reflect current practice and changes in

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statutory authority, and to remove outdated provisions.

Need for Correction

    The final passport rule published on November 19, 2007 erroneously 
labels two sentences in the rule contained in 22 CFR 51.21(b) and (c) 
as a ``Note.'' This correction deletes the labels ``Note'' and corrects 
the numbering of the two provisions.

Correction

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The final passport rule published on November 19, 2007 (72 FR 64930) is 
corrected as follows:
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1. On page 64933, 22 CFR part 51.21 is corrected by making the 
following correcting amendments:

PART 51--PASSPORTS

    Section 51.21(b) and (c) is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  51.21  Execution of passport application.

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    (b) Application by mail--persons in the United States. (1) A person 
in the United States who previously has been issued a passport valid 
for 10 years in his or her own name may apply for a new passport by 
filling out, signing and mailing an application on the form prescribed 
by the Department if:
    (i) The most recently issued previous passport was issued when the 
applicant was 16 years of age or older;
    (ii) The application is made not more than 15 years following the 
issue date of the previous passport, except as provided in paragraph 
(e) of this section; and
    (iii) The most recently issued previous passport of the same type 
is submitted with the new application.
    (2) The applicant must also provide photographs as prescribed by 
the Department and pay the applicable fees prescribed in the Schedule 
of Fees for Consular Services (22 CFR 22.1).
    (c) Application by mail--persons abroad. (1) A person in a foreign 
country where the Department has authorized a post to receive passport 
applications by mail who previously has been issued a passport valid 
for 10 years in his or her own name may apply for a new passport in 
that country by filling out, signing and mailing an application on the 
form prescribed by the Department if:
    (i) The most recently issued previous passport was issued when the 
applicant was 16 years of age or older;
    (ii) The application is made not more than 15 years following the 
issue date of the previous passport, except as provided in paragraph 
(e) of this section; and
    (iii) The most recently issued previous passport of the same type 
is submitted with the new application.
    (2) The applicant must also provide photographs as prescribed by 
the Department and pay the applicable fees prescribed in the Schedule 
of Fees for Consular Services (22 CFR 22.1).
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     Dated: January 18, 2008.
Ann Barrett,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of 
State.
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