22 USC § 212 - Persons entitled to passport

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s212"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 212 - Persons entitled to passport"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "212"
section_name: "Persons entitled to passport"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "PASSPORTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(R.S. § 4076; June 14, 1902, ch. 1088, § 2, 32 Stat. 386.)"
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# § 212. Persons entitled to passport

No passport shall be granted or issued to or verified for any other persons than those owing allegiance, whether citizens or not, to the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 4076; June 14, 1902, ch. 1088, § 2, 32 Stat. 386.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 4076 derived from , .

### Amendments

1902—Act , substituted “those owing allegiance, whether citizens or not, to the United States” for “citizens of the United States”.