---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 51.53"
title: "22"
number: "51.53"
heading: "Refunds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/51.53"
---

# §51.53. Refunds.

- (a) The Department will refund the passport application fee and the security surcharge to any person exempt from payment of passport fees under [22 CFR 51.52](/cfr/22/51.52.md) from whom the fee was erroneously collected.
- (b) The Department will refund an expedited passport processing fee if the Department fails to provide expedited passport processing as provided in [22 CFR 51.56](/cfr/22/51.56.md).
- (c) For procedures on refunds of $5.00 or less, see [22 CFR 22.6(b)](/cfr/22/22.6.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1104; 8 U.S.C. 1185; 8 U.S.C. 1185n (text of Pub. L. 108-458, 118 Stat. 3638, 3823 (Dec. 17, 2004)); 8 U.S.C. 1504; 8 U.S.C. 1714; 22 U.S.C. 211a, 212, 212a, 212b, 213, 213n (Pub. L. 106-113 Div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [Div. A, Title II, Sec. 236], 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-430); 214, 214a, 217a, 218, 2651a, 2671(d)(3), 2705, 2714, 2714a, 2721, and 3926; 26 U.S.C. 6039E; 26 CFR 301.6039E-1; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 34 U.S.C. 21501-21510; 42 U.S.C. 652(k) ; E.O. 11295, Aug. 5, 1966, 31 FR 10603, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 570; Pub. L. 114-119, 130 Stat. 15.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 64931, Nov. 19, 2007, unless otherwise noted.