22 CFR § 50.9 - Card of identity.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s50.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 50.9 - Card of identity."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "50.9"
section_name: "Card of identity."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "NATIONALITY AND PASSPORTS"
part_number: "50"
part_name: "NATIONALITY PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "50"
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# 50.9 Card of identity.
When authorized by the Department, consular offices or designated nationality examiners may issue a card of identity for travel to the United States to nationals of the United States being deported from a foreign country, to nationals/citizens of the United States involved in a common disaster abroad, or to a returning national of the United States to whom passport services have been denied or withdrawn under the provisions of this part or parts 51 or 53 of this subchapter.
[61 FR 43312, Aug. 22, 1996]