---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 51.62"
title: "22"
number: "51.62"
heading: "Revocation or limitation of passports and cancellation of Consular Reports of Birth Abroad."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/51.62"
---

# §51.62. Revocation or limitation of passports and cancellation of Consular Reports of Birth Abroad.

- (a) The Department may revoke or limit a passport when:
  - (1) The bearer of the passport may be denied a passport under 22 CFR [51.60](/cfr/22/51.60.md) or [51.61](/cfr/22/51.61.md) or any other applicable provision contained in this part;
  - (2) The passport was illegally, fraudulently or erroneously obtained from the Department; or was created through illegality or fraud practiced upon the Department; or
  - (3) **The passport has been fraudulently altered or misused.**
- (b) The Department may revoke a passport when the Department has determined that the bearer of the passport is not a U.S. national, or the Department is on notice that the bearer's certificate of citizenship or certificate of naturalization has been cancelled.
- (c) The Department may cancel a Consular Report of Birth Abroad when:
  - (1) The Consular Report of Birth Abroad was illegally, fraudulently or erroneously obtained from the Department, or was created through illegality or fraud practiced upon the Department;
  - (2) The Consular Report of Birth Abroad has been fraudulently altered or misused; or
  - (3) The Department has determined that the bearer of the Consular Report of Birth Abroad is not a U.S. national, or the Department is on notice that the bearer's certificate of citizenship has been cancelled.
- (d) The Department shall revoke a U.S. passport in any case in which the Department is notified by the Attorney General, that during the covered period as defined by [22 U.S.C. 212a](/usc/22/212a.md):
  - (1) The applicant was convicted of a violation of [18 U.S.C. 2423](/usc/18/2423.md), and
  - (2) The individual used a passport or otherwise crossed an international border in committing the underlying offense.
  - (3) Notwithstanding paragraphs [(d)(1)](#d-1) and [(2)](#d-2) of this section, the Department may issue a limited validity passport for direct return to the United States.

## Notes

### Amendments

[83 FR 21874, May 11, 2018]

### 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.

### Amendments

[83 FR 21874, May 11, 2018]