22 C.F.R. § 51.43 Persons born in the United States applying for a passport for the first time.
Title 22 - Foreign Relations
(a) Primary evidence of birth in the United States. A person born in the United States in a place where official records of birth were kept at the time of his or her birth shall submit with the application for a passport a birth certificate under the seal of the official custodian of birth records. To be acceptable, a certificate must show the full name of the applicant place and date of birth, and that the record thereof was recorded at the time of birth or shortly thereafter. (b) Secondary evidence of birth in the United States. If the applicant cannot submit primary evidence of birth, he or she shall submit the best obtainable secondary evidence. If a person was born at a place in the United States when birth records were filed, he or she must submit a “no record” certification from the official custodian of such birth records before secondary evidence may be considered. The passport issuing office will consider, as secondary evidence, baptismal certificates, certificates of circumcision, or other documentary evidence created shortly after birth but not more than 5 years after birth, and/or affidavits of persons having personal knowledge of the facts of the birth. (22 U.S.C. 2658 and 3926) [38 FR 4667, Feb. 20, 1973, as amended at 49 FR 16989, Apr. 23, 1984]
Title 22: Foreign Relations
PART 51—PASSPORTS
Subpart C—Evidence of U.S. Citizenship or Nationality
§ 51.43 Persons born in the United States applying for a passport for the first time.
