22 CFR § 50.8 - Certification of Report of Birth Abroad of a United States Citizen.
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title: "22 CFR § 50.8 - Certification of Report of Birth Abroad of a United States Citizen."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "50.8"
section_name: "Certification of Report of Birth Abroad of a United States Citizen."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "NATIONALITY AND PASSPORTS"
part_number: "50"
part_name: "NATIONALITY PROCEDURES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 2651a; 8 U.S.C. 1104 and 1401 through 1504."
regulatory_source: "31 FR 13537, Oct. 20, 1966, unless otherwise noted."
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# 50.8 Certification of Report of Birth Abroad of a United States Citizen.
At any time subsequent to the issuance of a Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America, when requested and upon payment of the required fee, the Department of State's Passport Office may issue to the citizen, the citizen's parent or legal guardian a certificate entitled “Certification of Report of Birth Abroad of a United States Citizen.”
[61 FR 43312, Aug. 22, 1996]