22 C.F.R. § 51.20

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(a) An application for a passport, a replacement passport, or other passport related service must be completed using the forms the Department prescribes.

(b) The passport applicant must truthfully answer all questions and must state every material matter of fact pertaining to his or her eligibility for a passport. All information and evidence submitted in connection with an application is considered part of the application. A person providing false information as part of a passport application, whether contemporaneously with the form or at any other time, is subject to prosecution under applicable Federal criminal statutes.

[72 FR 64931, Nov. 19, 2007, as amended at 80 FR 72592, Nov. 20, 2015]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2005–2021 · leading case: Zzyym v. Pompeo, 958 F.3d 1014 (10th Cir. 2020).
Zzyym v. Pompeo, 958 F.3d 1014 (10th Cir. 2020). · cites it 3× “See 22 C.F.R. § 51.20 (b) (requiring applicants to answer all questions pertaining to eligibility for a passport).”
United States v. Alison Gu, 8 F.4th 82 (2d Cir. 2021). · cites it 3× “5(b) requires that “[a] passport authorizing officer will examine the passport 12 1 application and all documents, photographs and statements submitted in 2 support of the application,” and 22 C.F.R. § 51.20 (b) states that “[a]ll information 3 and evidence submitted in…”
Alzokari v. Pompeo, 973 F.3d 65 (2d Cir. 2020). “” 22 C.F.R. § 51.20 (b). The Department premised its revocation decision on the contention that Alzokari “made a false statement of material fact in [his] passport application” by representing that he is Ahmed Ali Alzokari when his “true identity” is actually Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed…”
United States v. Ghulam Sarwari, 669 F.3d 401 (4th Cir. 2012). “The Government has conceded that the indictment rests on Sarwari’s answers in boxes 14 and 21 on the United States passport application form. We note, however, that the regulations applicable to passport applications provide that "[a]U information and evidence submitted in con…”
United States v. Baum, 380 F. Supp. 2d 187 (S.D.N.Y. 2005). “All information and evidence submitted in connection with an application shall be considered a part thereof.”
Ansell v. Ansell, 759 S.E.2d 916 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). “See 22 CFR § 51.20 (a) (“An application for a passport, a replacement passport, extra visa pages, or other passport related service must be completed using the forms the Department prescribes.”
United States v. Daria Ershova (11th Cir. 2019). · cites it 2× “” 22 C.F.R. § 51.20 (b). Regulations define “passport application” as “the application form for a United States passport .”
United States v. Cruz Gavino-Mariscal (9th Cir. 2020). “Gavino-Mariscal has not shown that any purported error affected his substantial rights, because he has not shown that including a reference to 22 C.F.R. § 51.20 (b) in the indictment would have altered his defense at trial or affected the outcome of the district court…”
Awad v. U.S. Dep't of State (N.D. Ill. 2020). “§ 1504 (a); 22 C.F.R. §§ 51.20 (b); 51.62(a)(2). While the certificate of naturalization may prove that the holder has obtained citizenship, it does not prove that the holder is who he says he is—in other words, it does not prove his identity as the person in whose name the…”
Alzokari v. Pompeo (E.D.N.Y 2019). “The Department of State determined that plaintiff violated 22 C.F.R. § 51.20 by lying about his name and date of birth when applying for a passport.”
Seth Ansell v. Anna A. Ansell (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). “5 See 22 CFR 51.20 (a) (“An application for a passport, a replacement passport, extra visa pages, or other passport related service must be completed using the forms the Department prescribes.”
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