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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



If the applicant signs by mark, two attesting 

 witnesses to his signature are required. 



The applicant is required to state the date 

 and place of his birth, his occupation, and the 

 place of his permanent residence, and to declare 

 that he goes abroad for temporary sojourn and 

 intends to return to the United States with 

 the purpose of residing and performing the 

 duties of citizenship therein. 



The applicant must take the oath of allegi- 

 ance to the Government of the United States. 



The application must be accompanied by a 

 description of the person applying, and should 

 state the following particulars, viz. : Age, 

 years ; stature, feet - - inches (English 

 measure) ; forehead, ; eyes, ; nose, ; 

 mouth, ; chin, ; hair, ; complexion, 

 ; face, . 



The application must be accompanied by a 

 certificate from at least one credible witness 

 that the applicant is the person he represents 

 himself to be, and that the facts stated in the 

 affidavit are true to the best of the witness's 

 knowledge and belief. 



NATIVE CITIZENS. An application con- 

 taining the information indicated by rule 3 

 will be sufficient evidence in the case of native 

 citizens. 



A PERSON BORN ABROAD WHOSE FATHER 

 WAS A NATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES. In 

 addition to the statements required by rule 3, 

 his application must show that his father was 

 born in the United States, has resided therein, 

 and was a citizen at the time of the applicant's 

 birth. The Departnlent may require that this 

 affidavit be supported by that of one other 

 citizen acquainted with the facts. 



NATURALIZED CITIZENS. In addition to 

 the statements required by rule 3, a naturalized 

 citizen must transmit his certificate of natural- 

 ization, or a duly certified copy of the court 

 record thereof, with his application . It will be 

 returned to him after inspection. He must 

 state in his affidavit when and from what port 

 he emigrated to this country, what ship he 

 sailed in, where he has lived since his arrival 

 in the United States, when and before what 

 court he was naturalized, and that he is the 

 identical person described in the certificate of 

 naturalization. The signature to the applica- 

 tion shoiild conform in orthography to the ap- 

 plicant's name as written in the naturalization 

 paper, which the Department follows. 



THE WIFE OR WIDOW OK A NATURALIZED 

 CITIZEN. In addition to the statements re- 

 quired by rule 3, she must transmit for in- 

 spection her husband's naturalization certifi- 

 cate, must state that she is the wife or widow 

 of the person described therein, and must set 

 forth th fact* of his emigration, naturaliza- 



tion, and residence, as required in the rule 

 governing the application of a naturalized 

 citizen. 



THE CHILD OF A NATURALIZED CITIZEN 

 CLAIMING CITIZENSHIP THROUGH THE NAT- 

 URALIZATION OF THE FATHER. In addition 

 to the statements required by rule 3, the ap- 

 plicant must state that he or she is the son or 

 daughter, as the case may be, of the person 

 described in the naturalization certificate, 

 which must be submitted for inspection, and 

 must set forth the facts of his emigration, 

 naturalization, and residence, as required in 

 the rule governing the application of a natural- 

 ized citizen. 



EXPIRATION OF PASSPORT. A passport 

 expires two years from the date of its issuance. 

 A new one will be issued upon a new applica- 

 tion, and if the applicant be a naturalized 

 citizen, the old passport will be accepted in 

 lieu of a naturalized certificate, if the applica- 

 tion upon which it was issued is found to con- 

 tain sufficient information as to the emigration, 

 residence, and naturalization of the applicant. 



WIFE, CHILDREN, AND SERVANTS When 

 an applicant is accompanied by his wife, minor 

 children, or servant, being an American citi- 

 zen, it will be sufficient to state the fact, giv- 

 ing the respective ages of the children and the 

 citizenship of the servant, when one passport 

 will suffice for all. For any other person in the 

 party a separate passport will be required. A 

 woman's passport may include her minor chil- 

 dren and servant under the above-named con- 

 ditions. 



PROFESSIONAL TITLES. They will not be 

 inserted in passports. 



FEE. By act of Congress approved March 

 23, 1888, a fee of one dollar is required to be 

 collected for every citizen's passport. That 

 amount in currency or postal money order 

 should accompany each application. Orders 

 should be payable to the Disbursing Clerk of 

 the Department of State. Drafts or checks 

 will not be received. 



BLANK FORMS OF APPLICATION. They 

 will be furnished by the Department to persons 

 who desire to apply for passports, upon their 

 stating whether they are native or naturalized 

 citizens or claim through the naturalization of 

 husband or father. Forms are not furnished, 

 except as samples, to those who make a busi- 

 ness of procuring passports. 



ADDRESS. Communications should be 

 addressed to the Department of State, Pass- 

 port Division, and each communication should 

 give the post office address of the person to 

 whom the answer is to be directed. 



REJECTION OF APPLICATION The Secre- 

 tary of State may refuse to issue a passport to 



