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Recent Announcements

  • ICAO New Technologies Work Group 2010/2011 Request for Information
  • Puerto Rico Birth Certificate Law (April 2010)
  • Limited Number of U.S. Passport Cards Found to Be Defective (April 2010)
  • Castelano et al. v. Clinton et al. Class Action Lawsuit (June 2009; Update March 2010)


Previous Announcements

  • Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
    Video featuring Janice Jacobs, the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Consular Affairs, and Brenda Sprague, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services, about the U.S. Passport Card and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (July 2009)
  • Passport Data Security Podcast
    Patrick F. Kennedy, Under Secretary for Management, discusses the latest issues related to U.S. passport data security with Department Spokesman Sean McCormack. (March 2008)
  • Non-Applying Parental Consent Form Must Be Notarized (December 2004)

 

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