Ds 5520 Supplemental Questionnaire To Determine Identity For Us Passport printable pdf download

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE TO DETERMINE

IDENTITY FOR A U.S. PASSPORT

USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE TO DETERMINE IDENTITY FOR A U.S. PASSPORT

This form is intended to supplement an application for a U.S. passport in the event insufficient evidence of identity is provided. In addition to

completing this form, you may be asked to provide further documentary evidence to support your identity claim. Documentary evidence

should contain your full name/photograph (with issue date) or full name/signature (with issue date). For more information on proof of identity,

please refer to page two of the instructions for the DS-11, Application for a U.S. Passport, or visit travel.state.gov.

FORM INSTRUCTIONS

1. To assist us in establishing your identity for a U.S. passport, please fill out this supplemental questionnaire and return it to the

requesting passport office. If you have been asked for additional information and/or documentation, please submit the

information and/or documentation requested with this supplemental questionnaire.

2. If you are unable to provide primary evidence of identity such as a previously issued U.S. passport, naturalization certificate, valid

driver's license, valid government-issued identification or another form of primary evidence of identity, please submit secondary

evidence. For lists of primary and secondary evidence of identity, go to and click on the link to

information for first time applicants.

3. Please complete the questions on this form to the best of your knowledge. Generally, the more information you are able to

provide, the faster we may be able to process your U.S. passport application.

4. If you are unsure of the answer to a question, please provide a response to the best of your knowledge. For example, if you are

unsure of an exact address, please provide the city, state and street name if you can recall them. Passport Services will consider all the

information derived from the form in its entirety.

5. Failure to answer every question will not necessarily preclude passport issuance, as the form is considered in its entirety.

6. If you have no knowledge of the answer to a question, please write "I don't know." If you believe a particular question does not

apply to you or your circumstances, please write "not applicable" or "N/A."

7. If you need more space to respond to a question, please write the rest of your response on a separate sheet of paper.

FOR INFORMATION AND/OR QUESTIONS

Please visit our website at travel.state.gov. In addition, contact the National Passport Information Center (NPIC) toll-free at 1-877-487-2778

(TDD 1-888-874-7793) or by e-mail at NPIC@state.gov. Customer Service Representatives are available Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-10:00

p.m. Eastern Time (excluding federal holidays). Automated information is available 24/7.

WARNING

False statements made knowingly and willfully in passport applications or in affidavits or other supporting documents submitted therewith are

punishable by fine and/or imprisonment under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 1001, 18 U.S.C. 1542, and/or 18 U.S.C. 1621. Alteration or

mutilation of a passport issued pursuant to this application is punishable by fine and/or imprisonment under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 1543.

The use of a passport in violation of the restrictions contained therein or of the passport regulations is punishable by fine and/or

imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. 1544. All statements and documents are subject to verification.

PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT

AUTHORITIES: We are authorized to collect this information by 22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.; 8 U.S.C. 1104; 26 U.S.C. 6039E; Executive

Order 11295 (August 5, 1966); and 22 C.F.R. parts 50 and 51.

PURPOSE: We are requesting this information in order to determine your entitlement to be issued a U.S. passport. The collection of

the Social Security number will be used for identity /entitlement to passport verification only and no other purpose unless authorized

by law.

ROUTINE USES: This information may be disclosed to another domestic government agency, a private contractor, a foreign

government agency, or to a private person or private employer in accordance with certain approved routine uses. These routine uses

include, but are not limited to, law enforcement activities, employment verification, fraud prevention, border security, counterterrorism,

litigation activities, and activities that meet the Secretary of State's responsibility to protect U.S. citizens and non-citizen nationals

abroad.

More information on the Routine Uses for the system can be found in System of Records Notices State-05, Overseas Citizen

Services Records and State-26, Passport Records.

DISCLOSURE: Providing your Social Security number and the other information on this form is voluntary, but failure to provide the

information on this form may, given the form's purpose of verification of your identity or entitlement, result in processing delays or

denial of your passport application.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 45 minutes per response, including the time required for

searching existing data sources, gathering the necessary data, providing the information and/or documents required, and reviewing the final

collection. Responding to this collection of information is voluntary. You do not have to supply this information unless this collection displays

a currently valid OMB control number. If you have comments on the accuracy of this burden estimate and/or recommendations for reducing

it, please send them to: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport Services, Office of Program Management and

Operational Support, 2201 C Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20520.

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