[Circular.]
Department of State,
Washington, October 22,
1902.
To the Diplomatic and Consular
Officers of the United States.
Gentlemen: The laws relating to the issuance of
passports having been amended by the act of Congress approved June 14,
1902, so that
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passports may be
issued to loyal residents of the insular possessions of the United
States, the President has prescribed rules governing the granting and
issuing of passports in the insular possessions of the United States,
and has issued an Executive order, dated July 19, 1902, so amending the
instructions to the diplomatic officers of the United States and the
United States Consular Regulations as to permit diplomatic and consular
officers of the United States now authorized to issue passports to issue
them to residents of the insular possessions of the United States who
make satisfactory applications.
Inclosed is the prescribed form of application for a resident of an
insular possession of the United States. The wording of the passports
shall be the same in form as that now used for citizens of the United
States, except that where the recipient is now described as a “citizen
of the United States” he shall be described as a citizen of Porto Rico,
or the Philippine Islands, or the island of Guam, as the case may be,
owing allegiance to the United States. Blank passports for residents of
our insular possessions are now being prepared and will be furnished to
the diplomatic and consular officers of the United States having
authority to issue them as soon as they have been printed. In the
meantime the regular passport, amended to suit the occasion, may be
used.
Your attention is invited to that part of the President’s Executive order
which specifies that the same fee shall be collected by diplomatic and
consular officers of the United States for issuing passports to
residents of the insular possessions of the United States as is now
required for issuing passports to citizens of the United States.
Inclosed with this instruction are the following:
- (a)
- A copy of the President’s Executive order of July 19,
1902.
- (b)
- A copy of the rules governing the granting and issuing of
passports in the United States.
- (c)
- A copy of the rules governing the granting and issuing of
passports in the insular possessions of the United
States.
- (d)
- A form of application for a passport to be used by a resident
of an insular possession of the United States.
- (e)
- The wording of a passport to be issued to a resident of an
insular possession of the United States.
Returns of passports and fees shall include passports issued in
accordance with this instruction and they shall be included in the same
series in numbering.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
[Inclosure 1.]
Executive order.
The act of Congress approved June 14, 1902, having amended the
Revised Statutes of the United States so as to permit of the
issuance of passports to persons owing allegiance to the United
States, whether citizens of the United States or not, and under such
rules as the President shall designate and prescribe on behalf of
the United States, the Instructions to Diplomatic Officers of the
United States and the United States Consular Regulations are hereby
so modified and amended as to permit diplomatic and consular
officers of the United States having authority to issue passports to
issue them to residents of the insular possessions of the United
States who make satisfactory applications. Each applicant under this
provision must state, in addition to the information now required in
the application of a citizen of the United States, that he owes
allegiance to the United States and that he does not acknowledge
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allegiance to any other
government, and must submit an affidavit from at least two credible
witnesses having good means of knowledge in substantiation of his
statements of birth, residence, and loyalty. The same fee shall be
collected by diplomatic and consular officers of the United States
for issuing passports to residents of the insular posf ssions of the
United States as is now required for issuing passports to citizens
of the United States.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Oyster
Bay, N. Y., July 19,
1902.
[Inclosure 2.]
Rules governing the granting and issuing of
passport in the United States.
1.
By whom issued.—No one but the Secretary of
State may grant and issue passports in the United States. (Rev.
Stats., sees. 4075, 4078.)
A person who is entitled to receive a passport if temporarily abroad
should apply to the diplomatic representative of the United States
in the country where he happens to be; or, in the absence of a
diplomatic representative, to the consul-general of the United
States; or, in the absence of both, to the consul of the United
States. The necessary statements may be made before the nearest
consular officer of the United States.
Application for a passport by a person in one of the insular
possessions of the United States should be made to the chief
executive of such possession.
2.
To whom issued.—The law forbids the granting
of a passport to any person who does not owe allegiance to the
United States.
A person who has only made the declaration of intention to become a
citizen of the United States can not receive a passport.
3.
Applications.—A person who is entitled to
receive a passport, if within the United States, must make a written
application, in the form of an affidavit, to the Secretary of
State.
The affidavit must be attested by an officer authorized to administer
oaths, and if he has an official seal it must be affixed. If he has
no seal his official character must be authenticated by certificate
of the proper legal officer.
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 allegiance 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, ——;
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.
4.
Native citizens.—An application containing
the information indicated by rule 3 will be sufficient evidence in
the case of native citizens.
5.
A person horn abroad whose father was a native
citizen 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, resided therein, and was a citizen at the
time of the applicant’s birth. The Department may require that this
affidavit be supported by that of one other citizen acquainted with
the facts.
6.
Naturalized citizens.—In addition to the
statements required by rule 3, a naturalized citizen must transmit
his certificate of naturalization, 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 application should conform in orthography to the applicant’s
name as written in his certificate of naturalization.
7.
Woman’s application.—If she is unmarried, in
addition to the statements required by rule 3, she should state that
she has never been married. If she is the wife of a native citizen
of the United States the fact should be made to appear in her
application.
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If she is the
wife or widow of a naturalized citizen, in addition to the
statements required by rule 3, she must transmit for inspection her
husband’s certificate of naturalization, must state that she is the
wife (or widow) of the person described therein, and must set forth
the facts of his emigration, naturalization, and residence, as
required in the rule governing the application of a naturalized
citizen.
8.
The child of a naturalized citizen claiming
citizenship through the naturalization of the parent.—In
addition to the statements required by rule 3, the applicant must
state that he or she is the son or daughter, as the case may be, of
the person described in the certificate of naturalization, which
must be submitted for inspection, and must set forth the facts of
emigration, naturalization, and residence, as required in the rule
governing the application of a naturalized citizen.
9.
A resident of an insular possession of the United
States who owes allegiance to the United States.—In
addition to the statements required by rule 3, he must state that he
owes allegiance to the United States and that he does not
acknowledge allegiance to any other government; and must submit an
affidavit from at least two credible witnesses having good means of
knowledge in substantiation of his statements of birth, residence,
and loyalty.
10.
Expiration of passport.—A passport expires
two years from the date of its issuance. A new one will be issued
upon a new application, and, if the applicant be a naturalized
citizen, the old passport will be accepted in lieu of a certificate
of naturalization, if the application upon which it was issued is
found to contain sufficient information as to the naturalization of
the applicant.
11.
Wife, minor children, and servants.—When the
applicant is accompanied by his wife, minor children, or servant who
would be entitled to receive a passport, it will be sufficient to
state the fact, giving the respective ages of the children and the
allegiance 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 children and
servant under the above-named conditions.
12.
Professional titles.—They will not be
inserted in passports.
13.
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 made by a citizen of the United
States. Orders should be made payable to the disbursing clerk of the
Department of State. Drafts or checks will not be accepted.
14.
Visés of passports.—They will not be procured
by the Department of State from the representatives of foreign
governments.
15.
Blank forms of application.—They will be
furnished by the Department to persons who desire to apply for
passports, but are not furnished, except as samples, to those who
make a business of procuring passports.
16.
Address.—Communications should be addressed
to the Department of State, Passport Bureau, and each communication
should give the post-office address of the person to whom the answer
is to be directed.
17.
Rejection of application.—The Secretary of
State may refuse to issue a passport to anyone who he has reason to
believe desires it for an unlawful or improper purpose, or who is
unable or unwilling to comply with the rules.
Section 4075 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended
by the act of Congress approved June 14, 1902, providing that “the
Secretary of State may grant and issue passports, and cause
passports to be granted, issued, and verified in foreign countries
by such diplomatic or consular officers of the United States, and by
such chief or other executive officer of the insular possessions of
the United States, and under such rules as the President shall
designate and prescribe for and on behalf of the United States,” the
foregoing rules are hereby prescribed for the granting and issuing
of passports in the United States.
The Secretary of State is authorized to make regulations on the
subject of issuing and granting passports additional to these rules
and not inconsistent with them.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Oyster
Bay, N. Y., July 19,
1902.
[Inclosure 3.]
Rules governing the granting and issuing of
passports in the insular possessions of the United
States.
Section 4075 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended
by the act of Congress approved June 14, 1902, providing that “the
Secretary of State may grant
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and issue passports, and cause passports to be granted, issued, and
verified in foreign countries by such diplomatic or consular
officers of the United States, and by such chief or other executive
officer of the insular possessions of the United States, and under
such rules as the President shall designate and prescribe for and on
behalf of the United States,” the following rules are hereby
prescribed for the granting and issuing of passports in the insular
possessions of the United States:
1.
By whom issued.—Application for a passport by
a person in one of the insular possessions of the United States
should be made to the chief executive of such possession.
A person who is entitled to receive a passport if temporarily abroad
should apply to the diplomatic representative of the United States
in the country where he happens to be; or, in the absence of a
diplomatic representative, to the consul-general of the United
States; or, in the absence of both, to the consul of the United
States. The necessary statements may be made before the nearest
consular officer of the United States.
2.
To whom issued.—The law forbids the granting
of a passport to any person who does not owe allegiance to the
United States.
A person who has only made the declaration of intention to become a
citizen of the United States can not receive a passport.
3.
Applications.—A person who is entitled to
receive a passport must make a written application in the form of an
affidavit.
The affidavit must be attested by an officer authorized to administer
oaths, and if he has an official seal it must be affixed. If he has
no seal, his official character must be authenticated by certificate
of the proper legal officer.
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 or one of the insular possessions of the
United States with the purpose of residing and performing the duties
of citizenship therein.
The applicant must take the oath of allegiance 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, ——;
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.
4.
Native citizens of the United States.—An
application containing the information indicated by rule 3 will be
sufficient evidence in the case of native citizens of the United
States.
5.
5.
A person horn abroad tvhose father was a native
citizen 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, resided therein, and was a citizen at the
time of the applicant’s birth. The Department may require that this
affidavit be supported by that of one other citizen acquainted with
the facts.
6.
Naturalized citizens.—In addition to the
statements required by rule 3, a naturalized citizen must transmit
his certificate of naturalization, 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 application should conform in orthography to the applicant’s
name as written in his certificate of naturalization.
7.
Woman’s application.—If she is unmarried, in
addition to the statements required by rule 3, she should state that
she has never been married. If she is the wife of a native citizen
of the United States the fact should be made to appear in her
application. If she is the wife or widow of a naturalized citizen,
in addition to the statements required by rule 3, she must transmit
for inspection her husband’s certificate of naturalization, must
state that she is the wife (or widow) of the person described
therein, and must set forth the facts of his emigration,
naturalization, and residence, as required in the rule governing the
application of a naturalized citizen.
8.
The child of a naturalized citizen claiming
citizenship through the naturalization of the parent.—In
addition to the statements required by rule 3, the applicant must
state that he or she is the son or daughter, as the case may be, of
the person described in
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the
certificate of naturalization, which must be submitted for
inspection, and must set forth the facts of emigration,
naturalization, and residence, as required in the rule governing the
application of a naturalized citizen.
9.
A resident of an insular possession of the United
States who owes allegiance to the United States.—In
addition to the statements required by rule 3, he must state that he
owes allegiance to the United States and that he does not
acknowledge allegiance to any other government; and must submit an
affidavit from at least two credible witnesses having good means of
knowledge in substantiation of his statements of birth, residence,
and loyalty.
10.
Expiration of passport.—A passport expires
two years from the date of its issuance. A new one will be issued
upon a new application, and, if the applicant be a naturalized
citizen, the old passport will be accepted in lieu of a certificate
of naturalization, if the application upon which it was issued is
found to contain sufficient information as to the naturalization of
the applicant.
11.
Wife, minor children, and servants.—When the
applicant is accompanied by his wife, minor children, or servant who
would be entitled to receive a passport, it will be sufficient to
state the fact, giving the respective ages of the children and the
allegiance 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 children and
servant under the above-named conditions.
12.
Professional titles.—They will not be
inserted in passports.
13.
Rejection of application.—The chief executive
officers of the insular possessions of the United States are
authorized to refuse to issue a passport to anyone who there is
reason to believe desires it for an unlawful or improper purpose, or
who is unable or unwilling to comply with the rules.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Oyster
Bay, N. Y., July 19,
1902.
[Inclosure 4.]
Form for resident of an insular possession of
the United States.
[Fee for passport, $1.00. Fee for filling out
application in duplicate, 50 cents. Fee for administering oath in
duplicate, 50 cents.]
No. ——.
Issued —— ——, ——.
I, —— ——, a resident of ——, hereby apply to the —— of the United
States at —— for a passport for myself, accompanied by ——, ——, as
follows: —— ——, born at——, on the ——day of ——, 1——, and —— ——.
I solemnly swear that I was born at ——, in the island of ——, on or
about the —— day of ——, 1——; that my father is a citizen of ——; that
I am domiciled in the island of ——, my permanent residence being at
——, where I follow the occupation of ——; that I left the —— on
the-day of ——, 1 ——, and am now temporarily sojourning at ——; that I
am the bearer of passport No. ——, issued by —— —— on the ——day of
——, 1 ——; that I intend to return to ——, with the purpose of
residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein; that I
owe allegiance to the United States, and do not acknowledge
allegiance to any other government.
oath of allegiance.
Further, I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the
Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and
domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental
reservation or purpose of evasion: So help me God.
—— ——.
—— of the United States at ——.
Sworn to before me this ——day of ——, 1 ——.
—— ——.
description of applicant.
Age, ——years. Stature, ——feet —— inches, Eng. Forehead, ——. Eyes, ——.
Nose, ——. Mouth, ——. Chin, ——. Hair, ——. Complexion, ——. Face,
——.
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supporting affidavits.
I.
I, —— ——, a resident of ——, solemnly swear that I have known —— ——,
the above-named applicant for a passport, for —— years; that I know
of my personal knowledge that he is a resident of ——, and that he is
loyal to the Government of the United States; and to the best of my
knowledge and belief the said —— —— was born in ——, on or about ——
——, ——.
—— ——.
Sworn to before me this day of ——, 19 ——.
—— ——.
II.
I, —— ——, a resident of ——, solemnly swear that I have known —— ——,
the above-named applicant for a passport, for —— years; that I know
of my personal knowledge that he is a resident of ——, and that he is
loyal to the Government of the United States; and to the best of my
knowledge and belief the said —— ——was born in ——, on or about ——,
——, ——.
—— ——.
Sworn to before me this —— day of ——, 19——.
—— ——.
[Inclosure 5.]
[Good only for two years from date.]
—— —— of the United States of
America, at —— ——.
To all to whom these presents
shall come, greeting:
Description.—Age, —— years. Stature, ——
feetinches, Eng. Forehead, ——. Eyes, ——. Nose, ——. Mouth, ——. Chin,
——. Hair, ——. Complexion, ——. Face, ——.
(Signature of the bearer.)
—— ——.
I, the undersigned, —— ——, of the United States of America, hereby
request all whom it may concern to permit —— ——, a citizen of ——,
owing allegiance to the United States, —— ——, safely and freely to
pass, and in case of need to give —— all lawful aid and
protection.
Given under my hand and the seal of the —— of the United States at
——, the ——day of —— in the year 19——, and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred ——.
No. ——.