Passports

1. Download, or complete online then download a DS-11 (new) or DS-82 (renewal) U.S. Passport Application, whichever applies to your situation.

• Use the DS-11 (https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds11.pdf) if you’ve never had a passport or your old passport is over 15 years old.
• Use the DS-82 (https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds82.pdf) form to renew your old passport if it is less than 15 years old. Return your old passport and old passport card with your passport renewal application and your Affidavit of Citizenship Evidence.
• It is recommend that you order both the new passport book and the passport card, if your budget allows.
• The DS-11 and the DS-82 both have the same declaration that you’ll need to agree to when you sign the application. Both will refer you to the “warning” box on page four of the instructions. In the warning box it indicates that you can attach an affidavit to the application (this will be your Affidavit of Citizenship Evidence) even though it is not specific to this in the warning.

2. Gather your passport application DS-11 or DS-82 documents and include the following in your mailing package:

• An original, notarized Affidavit of Citizenship Evidence and cover letter.
• Include your old passport book and/or passport card, if submitting the DS-82 renewal application.
• Send a certified copy of your birth certificate with the DS-11.
• Money order or certified check for the fees.
• Do not staple documents together. Use a paper clip to hold them together prior to putting them into the envelope for mailing.

3. Mail certified mail, return receipt.

• When you receive the green card back, place it in a secure location.

On page 1 (signature page) of the application, there is a statement regarding declaring your political status.

The statement appears to force an applicant to agree, under threat of perjury, that they are limited in identifying themselves as a citizen or non-citizen national of the United States. Neither of these statuses are the status that apply to a “National” (Section 101(a)(21) of the INA or 8 USC 1101(a)(21)).

So how does the application allow a “National” to apply for a passport and not perjure themselves? See number 5 (highlighted) in the statement that you’re agreeing to under threat of perjury. It reads, “I have read and understood the warning on page 4 of the instructions to the application form.”

• The warning box allows for the attachment of affidavits, that’s how you will notify them of your new political status.
• Notice the WARNING box is in both the original and renewal application. The reason? Because we are in the feudal system. In that system a voluntary serf can volunteer OUT at any time. Even if one’s great, great grandparents were the ones who volunteered IN to the condition. A person born into that condition in any subsequent generation can volunteer OUT!

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/have-passport/renew.html

Keep in mind, that as a national, you will also need to send a copy of your affidavit of citizenship evidence with DS-82 and a certified copy of your birth certificate and your affidavit with the DS-11.

When you get your passport book and card back from the U.S. Department of State, take a look at the page in the book that is illustrated below. This image illustrates what is printed inside the passport book. It is not indicative of the exact status that is associated with your individual status, but it does represent that the U.S. Department of State recognizes the national status along with the U.S. citizen status. You won’t see a similar indicator on the passport card.

8 FAM 505.2 PASSPORT ENDORSEMENTS
The Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) and associated Handbooks (FAHs) are a single, comprehensive, and authoritative source for the Department’s organization structures, policies, and procedures that govern the operations of the State Department, the Foreign Service, and, when applicable, other federal agencies. The FAM (generally policy) and the FAHs (generally procedures) together convey codified information to department staff and contractors so they can carry out their responsibilities in accordance with statutory, executive, and department mandates.

An interesting section of the FAM provides detailed information about passport “endorsements”.

Endorsements on a passport card are numbers that presumably indicate certain aspects of one’s political status.

Although the list is quite extensive, the information provided does not clarify where the numbers exactly are on the passport card. This information must be internal to Department staff and contractor.

Take a look and judge for yourself.

For more information on endorsements visit 8 FAM 505.2 PASSPORT ENDORSEMENTS.

For information about the passport number, take a look at this blog post: What is my Passport number?

Confirmation of acceptance and acknowledgement of your status as a national.

In Step One of this process, you mailed your affidavit of citizenship evidence and its cover letter to the U.S. Department of State. You would have expected some sort of acknowledgement that they received your documents. Or perhaps you’d get some sort of congratulations that you’ve reclaimed your national political status. Interestingly, when someone becomes a U.S. citizen, they will receive congratulatory mail to them from the U.S. Department of State. What you’ll probably discover, though, is that you will not get any correspondence back acknowledging their receipt other than your return certified mail receipt. This certified mail receipt, indicating they signed for it, actually provides you the confirmation of their receipt of your documents. Keep it in a safe location.

You will receive a new passport book and card from the U.S. Department of State. The passport book and card will not show any indication that you’re now under the national political status, but the fact that they processed your application and returned a passport to you indicates it was acknowledged. Additionally, they will mail back to you the copy of the affidavit of citizenship evidence that you attached to the passport application and your old passport book and/or passport card (if you submitted a renewal DS-82). The envelope will only contain a copy of the affidavit of citizenship evidence with no explanation but will have a 12-digit file number typed in the top right corner.

We aren’t sure what their file numbering system is, but it definitely indicates they’re tracking it. Your old passport book and/or card will have holes punched in them to invalidate them for use. Keep the copy of the affidavit of citizenship evidence that has the file number on top and your old book and/or card in a safe location also.

Optional Confirmation Method

If you want additional verification that they’ve received and filed your documents, you can submit an online request at U.S, Department of State – Freedom of Information Act. Choose the Privacy Act selection as it includes the FOIA.

After you register on their site, you can submit the Privacy Act/FOIA request. Fill out the request form fields with your name, address, etc. Below is an example of the verbiage that you could enter into the Records Description field on the form. You should also enter your demographics into this field, even though you already did so previously on the form.

Public Access Link (PAL) portal

Register to create an online profile and Request records online using the Public Access Link (PAL) portal.

It can take several weeks for them to reply, but you will eventually receive copies of your application and affidavit of citizenship evidence, showing it’s in their system. It will not indicate your corrected status to national. You can track the progress of your request on their Privacy Act/FOIA request page (PAL).

The Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs Fraud Prevention Programs issued this document, which describes the features of the new passport card.

• For information about the status of your passport application, visit this page: Get My Application Status

• With your last name, date of birth, and last four digits of your Social Security Number, you can sign-up to receive updates on your passport status on this page: U.S. Passport Application Status

Did you receive a letter from Ms. Kellie N. Robinson? The image below is a copy of her letter. You may receive a letter after submitting your passport application, from a representative named Kellie Robinson. We believe that this is a bluff letter; we have just ignored it as it does not apply to national status. Essentially, it is a distraction. A response, if you choose to reply to this letter, would be to reiterate the definition of a national and reference the INA.

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Responding isn’t required, but some people have asked for help with writing a response letter. This form will write you a response letter addressed to Ms. Kellie Robinson. Please review our Privacy Policy.

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• For more information about the passport book and card visit the Travel. State.Gov website.
• Notice the WARNING box is in both the original and renewal applications. The reason? Because we are in the feudal system. In that system, a voluntary serf can volunteer out at any time. Even if one’s great-grandparents were the ones who volunteered for the condition. A person born into that condition in any subsequent generation can volunteer out!
• It is strongly advised that anyone who can afford it purchase a passport and a passport card. The reason for this? You then have the highest recognized form of federal government identification available. It is literally attached to your submitted citizenship evidence. You will not be able to tell that there is any difference in your new passport, even from a close inspection. However, your new status is identified in their system. We have been told that people who have submitted citizenship evidence paperwork are classified as diplomatic couriers in their system. This is hearsay evidence. We have no solid proof for that statement; none of us have Top Secret clearance to see such information. However, it would be legally correct that a diplomatic courier would have the same privileges and immunities as the original state citizen.
• You can expedite your passport application. There is an extra fee for doing so. Should you pay to expedite your application processing, be sure to put dates of travel on the form. Otherwise, it goes to the bottom of the applications for expediting and will not process any faster than a normal application.
• When you submit your passport application and associated documents, you can actually track your application online to see where it is in the process. We do not have the web address, but you can call the State Department at 1-800-877-8339. They will tell you how to track your application. Should you follow up in this manner, be sure to notice in the State Department’s own language, it states several times, the term citizenship EVIDENCE. Believe me, the legal department at the Department of State knows what the word evidence means.

When the passport application was submitted to the U.S. Department of State, it included the affidavit of citizenship evidence. Once the application was processed, the original copy of the affidavit was returned to me. But interestingly, they had stamped a number at the top right corner of the document. It is assumed that this number is an internal U.S. Department of State file number. If so, it would effectively confirm that the submitted affidavit was filed in the applicant’s administrative record. In addition, a Privacy Act/FOIA request was submitted for this writer’s historical passport application documents, and the affidavit came back with the Privacy Act/FOIA response and listed the “file” number on the top of the copy that came back with the Privacy Act/FOIA response.

Visit this page to start a Privacy Act/FOIA request: U.S, Department of State – Freedom of Information Act