(a) The Department may revoke or limit a passport when:
(1) The bearer of the passport may be denied a passport under 22 CFR 51.60 or 51.61 or any other applicable provision contained in this part;
(2) The passport was illegally, fraudulently or erroneously obtained from the Department; or was created through illegality or fraud practiced upon the Department; or
(3) The passport has been fraudulently altered or misused.
(b) The Department may revoke a passport when the Department has determined that the bearer of the passport is not a U.S. national, or the Department is on notice that the bearer's certificate of citizenship or certificate of naturalization has been cancelled.
(c) The Department may cancel a Consular Report of Birth Abroad when:
(1) The Consular Report of Birth Abroad was illegally, fraudulently or erroneously obtained from the Department, or was created through illegality or fraud practiced upon the Department;
(2) The Consular Report of Birth Abroad has been fraudulently altered or misused; or
(3) The Department has determined that the bearer of the Consular Report of Birth Abroad is not a U.S. national, or the Department is on notice that the bearer's certificate of citizenship has been cancelled.
(d) The Department shall revoke a U.S. passport in any case in which the Department is notified by the Attorney General, that during the covered period as defined by 22 U.S.C. 212a:
(1) The applicant was convicted of a violation of 18 U.S.C. 2423, and
(2) The individual used a passport or otherwise crossed an international border in committing the underlying offense.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) of this section, the Department may issue a limited validity passport for direct return to the United States.
[83 FR 21874, May 11, 2018]
Notes of Decisions
United States v. Claudia Marquez Moreno, 727 F.3d 255 (3rd Cir. 2013).
· cites it 2× “§ 1504 (a); 22 C.F.R. § 51.62 . Such passports become in- valid and lose their conclusive evidentiary status.”
Hadwan v. US Dep't of State, 139 F.4th 209 (2d Cir. 2025).
· cites it 5× “2014), as an interchangeable concept to the regulatory text’s reference to “cancel[lation]” of a CRBA, see 22 C.F.R. § 51.62 (c). 3 this petition for review pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.”
Chacoty v. Pompeo, 392 F. Supp. 3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2019).
“§ 1504 (a) ; see also 22 C.F.R. § 51.62 (c). The issuance or cancelation of a CRBA, however, "affect[s] only the document and not the citizenship status of the person.”
Alzokari v. Pompeo, 973 F.3d 65 (2d Cir. 2020).
“The Department revoked Alzokari’s passport pursuant to 22 C.F.R. § 51.62 (a)(2), which provides that the Department may revoke or limit a passport when it was “illegally, fraudulently or erroneously obtained from the Department; or was created through illegality or fraud…”
Lihong Xia v. Kerry, 73 F. Supp. 3d 33 (D.D.C. 2014).
· cites it 2× “passports of plaintiffs Lihong Xia and Hoi Lun Li, pursuant to 22 C.F.R. § 51.62 (b), on the grounds that their naturalization certificates were canceled.”
Mathis v. Tillerson, 284 F. Supp. 3d 996 (D. Alaska 2018).
“In the instant case, Plaintiff was in fact the subject of an arrest warrant from the State of Alaska for three felonies; this is undisputed. Plaintiff was notified of the reasons for revocation; this is undisputed.”
Quaid v. Kerry, 161 F. Supp. 3d 70 (D.D.C. 2016).
“Instead, the complaint avers defendants revoked plaintiffs’ passports "pursuant to 22 C.F.R. 51.62(a)(1) and 51.60(b)(9).” Compl.”
Awad v. Kerry, 257 F. Supp. 3d 1016 (N.D. Ill. 2016).
“Defendants’ brief specifies three false statements: Plaintiff made false statements of material fact in his 2011 passport application because (1) his true identity is Qarwash Attaf Saleh Kurwash, not “Qarwash Mohsn Awad,” as he listed; (2) his father’s true name is Attaf Saleh…”
Carmichael v. Pompeo (D.D.C. 2020).
· cites it 5× “Approximately three months later, Carmichael received a letter from the Government stating that his renewed passport had been issued erroneously because he did not provide his social security number in his passport renewal application, that his passport had been revoked 4…”
Awad v. U.S. Dep't of State (N.D. Ill. 2020).
· cites it 4× “passport had been revoked pursuant to 22 C.F.R. § 51.62 (a)(2), which provides that the Department of State may revoke a passport if it “was illegally, fraudulently or erroneously obtained.”
Saleh v. Pompeo (E.D.N.Y 2022).
· cites it 4× “The message stated that the revocation was pursuant to 22 C.F.R. § 51.62 (a)(2), which permits the State Department to revoke a passport when certain conditions are met, including that “[t]he passport was illegally, fraudulently[,] or erroneously obtained.”
— 22 C.F.R. § 51.62(A)(2) — 1 case
— 22 C.F.R. § 51.62(a)(1) — 1 case
Quaid v. Kerry, 161 F. Supp. 3d 70 (D.D.C. 2016).
“Instead, the complaint avers defendants revoked plaintiffs’ passports "pursuant to 22 C.F.R. 51.62(a)(1) and 51.60(b)(9).” Compl.”
— 22 C.F.R. § 51.62(a)(2) — 1 case
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