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Code · CFR · Title 22 — Foreign Relations · Part 51 — Passports · § 51.45

§ 51.45. Department discretion to require evidence of U.S. citizenship or non-citizen nationality.

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The Department may require an applicant to provide any evidence that it deems necessary to establish that he or she is a U.S. citizen or non-citizen national, including evidence in addition to the evidence specified in 22 CFR 51.42 through 51.44.
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