A baptismal certificate or a certified copy of the record of baptism is acceptable evidence only when a proper birth certificate is unobtainable. A baptismal certificate should set forth the date and place of birth and the date of baptism. Unless the baptism occurred within a short time after birth the certificate will not be accepted.

(b) A person who claims citizenship through naturalization must submit with his application for a passport a certificate of naturalization or a certified copy of the court record thereof.

(c) A person who claims citizenship through the naturalization of his parent must submit with his application for a passport the naturalization certificate of his parent or a certified copy of the court record thereof.

(d) A person who claims citizenship through birth abroad of a native or naturalized American father and who desires to obtain a passport should prove the latter's birth in the United States or naturalization as a citizen of this country by documentary evidence of the kind indicated in the foregoing paragraphs a, b, or c.

(e) A native-born American woman who married an American citizen prior to the passage of the act of Congress approved on September 22, 1922, must set forth in her application for a passport or in a supplemental affidavit the date and place of her marriage, and must submit as evidence of her American citizenship documentary proof of her husband's American citizenship of the nature set forth in paragraphs a, b, c, or d. However, if the marital relation was terminated prior to the passage of the act of September 22, 1922, a native-born American woman may submit evidence of her birth in the United States of the nature set forth in paragraph a. If the marital relation was terminated by death, a statement to that effect must be made in the application for a passport. If such relation was terminated by divorce, the decree of divorce or a certified copy of the court record of the decree should be submitted with the application for a passport.

(ƒ) An alien woman who acquired American citizenship under the provisions of section 4 of the act of March 2, 1907, by marriage to an American citizen, or who acquired American citizenship under the provisions of section 1994 of the Revised Statutes of the United States through the naturalization of her husband, must state in her application for a passport or in a supplemental affidavit the date and place of her marriage and must submit as evidence of her American citizenship documentary proof of her husband's American citizenship of the nature set forth in paragraphs a, b, c, or d.

(g) An American woman who lost her citizenship under the provisions of section 3 of the act of March 2, 1907, by marrying an alien but who alleges that after the termination of the marital rela

tion and prior to September 22, 1922—i. e., the date of the repeal of that section of law-she resumed American citizenship, must submit documentary evidence showing that if abroad when the marital relation was terminated she registered as an American citizen within one year with a consular officer of the United States or returned to the United States to reside, or, if residing in the United States when the marital relation was terminated, that she continued to reside therein. If the resumption of citizenship was effected by registering as an American citizen within one year with a consular officer of the United States, a statement concerning the city in which such officer was stationed and the approximate date of the registration will suffice. If American citizenship was resumed by returning to the United States to reside, a statement, under oath, concerning the date of return to the United States should be submitted to the consular officer to whom application for a passport is made. The execution of an application for a passport within one year after the termination of the marital relation has been construed by the Department of State as being equivalent to registering as an American citizen before an American consular officer; consequently, if American citizenship was resumed after the termination of the marital relation by applying for a passport, a statement concerning the date and place of the execution of the application for a passport should be submitted to the consular officer before whom application for a passport is made.

(h) An American woman who was married to an American citizen or to an alien eligible to citizenship on or after September 22, 1922, should state the facts in her case in her application for a passport or in a supplemental affidavit, and must submit documentary evidence of her American citizenship of the nature set forth in paragraphs a, b, c, or d. The citizenship status of an American woman married after the passage of the act of Congress approved September 22, 1922, was not affected by reason of her marriage to an alien provided such alien is eligible to become naturalized as a citizen of the United States, and provided, further, that if she was resting under the unrebutted presumption of expatriation on July 3, 1930, she can show that she is in a position to overcome such presumption under the Rules set forth in Appendix D.

2. An applicant for a new passport who holds an expired or unexpired passport issued on or after January 3, 1918, should submit the old passport for cancellation to the consular officer to whom he applies for a new passport. Such a document will, as a rule, be considered satisfactory evidence of the citizenship of the person to whom it was issued. In the event of the loss or destruction of a passport issued on or after January 3, 1918, a report must be sub

mitted to the consular officer explaining in exact and circumstantial detail the loss or destruction of the passport and giving the approximate date of the issue of the passport.

3. All documents such as birth certificates, baptismal certificates, certified copies of records, affidavits, etc., which are submitted to consular officers in connection with an application for a passport must bear the seal of the officer by whom the document was issued or before whom the document was executed.

4. The applications for passports executed abroad by persons who neither have had nor have been included in passports and by persons who have become subject to the presumption of having ceased to be American citizens (see Appendix D) are usually referred to the department for decision. Consequently, some delay in such cases should be anticipated. If it is so desired in any particular case, the department will communicate its decision by telegraph to the consular officer before whom the application was executed. In such case the applicant should deposit with the consular officer an amount sufficient to cover the cost of the telegram.

5. Fees.-Section 1 of the act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 750), provides in part as follows:

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From and after the 1st day of July, 1920, there shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of the United States quarterly a fee of $1 for executing each application for a passport that no fee shall be collected for passports issued to officers or employees of the United States proceeding abroad in the discharge of their official duties, or to members of their immediate families, or to seamen, or to widows, children, parents, brothers, and sisters of American soldiers, sailors, or marines, buried abroad whose journey is undertaken for the purpose and with the intent of visiting the graves of such soldiers, sailors, or marines, which facts shall be made a part of the application for the passport.

Section 2 of the act of July 3, 1926, as amended by the act of July 1, 1930, provides:

That the validity of a passport or visa shall be limited to a period of two years: Provided, That the Secretary of State may limit the validity of a passport or visa to a shorter period and that no immigration visa shall be issued for a longer period than that specified in the Immigration Act of 1924 or amendments thereto: And provided further, That a passport may be renewed, upon the payment of $2 under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State, for periods of not to exceed two years each, but the final date of expiration shall not be more than six years from the original date of issue: And provided further, That the charge for the issue of an original passport shall be $5.

APPENDIX A

BIRTH IN THE UNITED STATES

Fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. Section 1992, Revised Statutes: All persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power are declared to be citizens of the United States.

BIRTH OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

Section 1993, Revised Statutes: All children heretofore born or hereafter born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or may be at the time of their birth citizens thereof, are declared to be citizens of the United States; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in the United States.

Act of March 2, 1907, section 6: * * * all children born outside the limits of the United States who are citizens thereof in accordance with the provisions of section nineteen hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States and who continue to reside outside the United States shall, in order to receive the protection of this Government, be required upon reaching the age of eighteen years to record at an American consulate their intention to become residents and remain citizens of the United States and shall be further required to take the oath of allegiance to the United States upon attaining their majority.

APPENDIX B

NATURALIZATION

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Act of June 29, 1906, section 15: * * If any alien who shall have secured a certificate of citizenship under the provisions of this Act shall, within five years after the issuance of such certificate, return to the country of his nativity, or go to any other foreign country, and take permanent residence therein, it shall be considered prima facie evidence of a lack of intention on the part of such alien to become a permanent citizen of the United States at the time of filing his application for citizenship, and, in the absence of countervailing evidence, it shall be sufficient in the proper proceeding to authorize the cancellation of his certificate of citizenship as fraudulent, and the diplomatic and consular officers of the United States in foreign countries shall from time to time, through the Department of State, furnish the Department of Justice with the names of those within their respective jurisdictions who have such certificates of citizenship and who have taken permanent residence in the country of their nativity, or in any other foreign country, and such statements, duly certified, shall be admissible in evidence in all courts in proceedings to cancel certificates of citizenship.

The provisions of this section shall apply not only to certificates of citizenship issued under the provisions of this Act, but to all certificates of citizenship (5)

which may have been issued heretofore by any court exercising jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings under prior laws.

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Act of March 2, 1907, section 5: a child born without the United States of alien parents shall be deemed a citizen of the United States by virtue of the naturalization of or resumption of American citizenship by the parent: Provided, That such naturalization or resumption takes place during the minority of such child: And provided further, That the citizenship of such minor child shall begin at the time such minor child begins to reside permanently in the United States.

APPENDIX C

WOMEN'S CITIZENSHIP

Section 1994, Revised Statutes: Any woman who is now or may hereafter be married to a citizen of the United States, and who might herself be lawfully naturalized, shall be deemed a citizen. (Repealed by sec. 6, act of September 22, 1922.)

Act of March 2, 1907, section 3: *

* any American woman who marries a foreigner shall take the nationality of her husband. At the termination of the marital relation she may resume her American citizenship, if abroad, by. registering as an American citizen within one year with a consul of the United States, or by returning to reside in the United States, or, if residing in the United States at the termination of the marital relation, by continuing to reside therein. (Repealed by sec. 7, act of September 22, 1922.)

Act of March 2, 1907, section 4: * * any foreign woman who acquires American citizenship by marriage to an American shall be assumed to retain the same after the termination of the marital relation if she continue to reside in the United States, unless she makes formal renunciation thereof before a court having jurisdiction to naturalize aliens, or if she resides abroad she may retain her citizenship by registering as such before a United States consul within one year after the termination of such marital relation. (Repealed by sec. 6, act of September 22, 1922.)

Act of September 22, 1922: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of any woman to became a naturalized citizen of the United States shall not be denied or abridged because of her sex or because she is a married woman. SEC. 2. That any woman who marries a citizen of the United States after the passage of this Act, or any woman whose husband is naturalized after the passage of this Act, shall not become a citizen of the United States by reason of such marriage or naturalization; but, if eligible to citizenship, she may be naturalized upon full and complete compliance with all requirements of the naturalization laws, with the following exceptions:

(a) No declaration of intention shall be required;

(b) In lieu of the five-year period of residence within the United States and the one-year period of residence within the State or Territory where the naturalization court is held, she shall have resided continuously in the United States, Hawaii, Alaska, or Porto Rico for at least one year immediately preceding the filing of the petition.

SEC. 3. That a woman citizen of the United States shall not cease to be a citizen of the United States by reason of her marriage after the passage of this Act, unless she makes a formal renunciation of her citizenship before a court having jurisdiction over naturalization of aliens: Provided, That any