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State Department wants to make it harder to get a passport
The U.S. Department of State is proposing a new Biographical Questionnaire for some passport applicants: The proposed new Form DS-5513 asks for all addresses since birth; lifetime employment history including employers’ and supervisors names, addresses, and telephone numbers; personal details of all siblings; mother’s address one year prior to your birth; any “religious ceremony” around the time of birth; and a variety of other information. According to the proposed form, “failure to provide the… (www.consumertraveler.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
hell with h STATE Department. we should g to civil war. and give them the gun.
The parasite nonproductive morons who wrote this destructive crap should be fired, and black listed from holding a government job...
If you can't come up with an expired passport, birth certificate, naturalization record, how would you prove you are eligible for a passport? The form would be tough to fill out, although there is nothing to say you simply forgot every such detail. I would be most amazed if the State Department would reject an applicant who cannot remember everything.
Have worked as a US Consular Officer in South America, dealing with applications for immigrant visas, I found that applicants could come up with proof of eligibility when asked. In my early years, some were refugees from Nazi Germany who really had lost most normal IDs. We still worked with them to help them qualify through other means. At the same time we had to weed out people with fake documents who knew they were not eligible and resorted to fraud to try and obtain recency in the US.
I feel that the State Department will do the same for those applying for a passport and will use due diligence to reveal fraudulent applications, as they should.
Have worked as a US Consular Officer in South America, dealing with applications for immigrant visas, I found that applicants could come up with proof of eligibility when asked. In my early years, some were refugees from Nazi Germany who really had lost most normal IDs. We still worked with them to help them qualify through other means. At the same time we had to weed out people with fake documents who knew they were not eligible and resorted to fraud to try and obtain recency in the US.
I feel that the State Department will do the same for those applying for a passport and will use due diligence to reveal fraudulent applications, as they should.
What a load of crap. The State Dept needs todo their job better. Thats what we get for having Hillary in there.
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regarding DS-5513.
BEFORE MONDAY! :)
regarding DS-5513.
BEFORE MONDAY! :)
We assist people in applying for Visas for the US. That Dept of State on-line form typically takes about an hour to fill out because it constantly times out, losing entered data even when you take recommended saving steps. They farm out data entry design and implementation to large software companies that seemingly don't field test their resulting product. I'm hopeful this will succeed, we need the business. In my case, I don't think I know my actual address from 20 years ago. This may have an effect of preventing new voters. Wow, all kinds of fun in these times. I feel soo safe.
Lee-as my earlier post states, I emailed the State Dept about this passport fiasco, and surprisingly got an almost immediate response, and the emailer stated exactly what Hannah stated. That being said, it eases the frustration in my mind a tad, but it still doesn't make it any easier.
David-Your comment about the EU's "passport practice"sounds a tad like what the U.S.'s Department of Homeland Security is doing with the Gitmo 'detainees'!
Cheerio!
David-Your comment about the EU's "passport practice"sounds a tad like what the U.S.'s Department of Homeland Security is doing with the Gitmo 'detainees'!
Cheerio!