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FlyingHigh

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Hello all.

I have a couple of question's pertaining on how to obtain a US Pass Port.

I am a US Citizen born in Puerto Rico I have to obtain my Pass Port/Pass Card for my newly job which I will have to travel to Canada. I am not hired until I have proof or have the Pass Port in hand please keep this in mind, thanks.

1. When filling out a Pass Port app under parent's birth date's, for example I know the month and year my father was born and place of birth but I do not know my mothers only thing I I know about my mother would be her name, place of birth, and also the year. What would I do in this situation?

2. Under travel plans since I am not going out of country until I start my new job would I have to put unknown? for example date of trip, length of trip, and countries to be visited.

3. Under have you ever been married, since I never been married before do I just fill out the boxes by putting N/A?

Basically I would like to know when question's are asked on the app, and there is no answer for those question's, what should I put? Also under the year's do I leave the year's blank or put N/A or Unknown.

Thanks in advance I appreciate your time.
 
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#1. You can list the year only.
#2. You do not need to list travel plans. These can be approximate if you want to. If you want expedited, then you have to given them near term travel plans. Of course you are not bound by travel plans as these can change.
#3. Depends on the language of the question ... I do not remember. N/A is fine. No is also good if it says Have you been ......
 
FlyingHigh said:
Hello all.

I have a couple of question's pertaining on how to obtain a US Pass Port.

I am a US Citizen born in Puerto Rico I have to obtain my Pass Port/Pass Card for my newly job which I will have to travel to Canada. I am not hired until I have proof or have the Pass Port in hand please keep this in mind, thanks.

1. When filling out a Pass Port app under parent's birth date's, for example I know the month and year my father was born and place of birth but I do not know my mothers only thing I I know about my mother would be her name, place of birth, and also the year. What would I do in this situation?

2. Under travel plans since I am not going out of country until I start my new job would I have to put unknown? for example date of trip, length of trip, and countries to be visited.

3. Under have you ever been married, since I never been married before do I just fill out the boxes by putting N/A?

Basically I would like to know when question's are asked on the app, and there is no answer for those question's, what should I put? Also under the year's do I leave the year's blank or put N/A or Unknown.

Thanks in advance I appreciate your time.
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Regarding #1, as sanjoseaug20 says, give as much information about your parents as you do have. Since your citizenship claim is based on being born in Puerto Rico, the information about the birthdate of your mother is not essential to your eligibility for a U.S. passport, and if all you know is her birth year, that is what you should list.

Regarding #2 (travel plans), you may leave that portion blank, as this information is optional.

Regarding #3 on the form DS-11 ( which is the one I assume you are using), there are two boxes, "Yes" and "No". You should check the "No" box.

By the way, it is "passport" not "pass port".
 
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Thank you both, I appreciate your time and consideration.

I just want to be 100% sure that is all I would have to do.
 
FlyingHigh said:
1. When filling out a Pass Port app under parent's birth date's, for example I know the month and year my father was born and place of birth but I do not know my mothers only thing I I know about my mother would be her name, place of birth, and also the year.
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I assume you have already tried to obtain your mother's date of birth from your father, grandparents, and other relatives?

If you know the name and place of birth, you might be able to obtain a copy of her birth certificate from the city or state or her birth, if she had a birth certificate. Most US authorities will release the information if you identify yourself as being the child, spouse, or parent of the individual whose birth certificate you are interested in.
 
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She didn't have a birth certificate. I already tried searching it threw Puerto Rico registry. I thought it wouldn't matter if I had their birth date or not now it does? This is getting confusing now. Do I need their Month and Day they where born to complete my application, or not? I don't really want to get into my personal life online about why I haven't been with my parent's.
 
Just write the year of her birth and leave it at that. You are an adult applying for your own passport, and you obtained US citizenship by being born in Puerto Rico, so her date of birth is largely irrelevant. If you were claiming citizenship by being born abroad to US citizen mother, her age would be of high importance due to the rules surrounding how many years the mother lived in the US beyond the age of 14 before giving birth, and you would have to submit her birth certificate or other proof of her age (unless that documentation was already provided in a prior application for a passport or citizenship certificate).
 
I don't know about PR.Most states that i know of have both parents DOB on the certificates.So fathers DOB is on the cert and not mom's?Very strange.If she was born in PR. there got to be a record.
 
yahayajp said:
I don't know about PR.Most states that i know of have both parents DOB on the certificates.So fathers DOB is on the cert and not mom's?Very strange.If she was born in PR. there got to be a record.
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Some states only list the ages of the parents on birth certificates, not the exact DOB. And in some states the birth certificate is issued at the county or city level, so that allows for even more inconsistency regarding the types of information displayed on the certificate.
 
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Thank you for all the answer's.

I also wanted to know about obtaining the 48 pages, should I type a request asking for this?

Also would like to know if there is a possibility the government that deals with handing out passports could deny me if my name on my drivers license differs from my birth certificate? For example my drivers license has my first and fathers last name which I use to do all my legal work with but on my birth certificate shows my first name, fathers last name, and mothers maiden name. would that be a problem?
 
FlyingHigh said:
Thank you for all the answer's.

I also wanted to know about obtaining the 48 pages, should I type a request asking for this?

Also would like to know if there is a possibility the government that deals with handing out passports could deny me if my name on my drivers license differs from my birth certificate? For example my drivers license has my first and fathers last name which I use to do all my legal work with but on my birth certificate shows my first name, fathers last name, and mothers maiden name. would that be a problem?
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As of this moment, the passport application forms do not yet allow you to choose how many pages you want to have in your passport.

Regarding the name discrepancy, this could be a little tricky. In principle the U.S. Department of State (which is the government agency issuing U.S. passports) does recognize a common law name change: when someone changes his/her legal name without a court order, but by simply switching to a consistent and exclusive use of a new name.

See the table at the bottom of the page:
http://travel.state.gov/passport/correcting/ChangeName/ChangeName_851.html

With minor name variations, such as the one you describe, they may not bother you regarding it at all, but you should also be prepared for the possibility that they will view this as the case of a legal name change and will ask for some documents related to it. In this case, since you do not have a court order ordering the name change, you should come prepared and bring some documents of the type that they are asking for in the cases of common-law name changes. If you have stuff like tax returns, bank statements, credit card statements, house/apartment rental statements or mortgage statements, utility bills etc showing the name that you are using as your legal name, bring those when you are applying for a passport. By the way, which name do you have on your social security card?
 
Thank you for the input. I already applied for the passport. I was just asking in regards as "IF'' I wanted the 48 page added, and so on. Sorry for the misinterpret.

Well on my social security it states that I do have my father, and mother last names for example (John Smith-Garcia) It does not note this on my DMV license, its shows as (John Smith). Now when I did do the application I added both my mother, and father last name. I quite don't remember when signing the DS-11 in front of the clerk at USPS if added my mothers maiden name. You understand that before you send out the application it has to be signed in-front of the witness.
This is what worries me.

When the clerk sends out your application do they also send out a photo copy of your drivers license to government agency issuing the U.S. passports?

I hope I didn't confuse anyone. If I did I will try my best to correct myself.
 
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FlyingHigh said:
Thank you for the input. I already applied for the passport. I was just asking in regards as "IF'' I wanted the 48 page added, and so on. Sorry for the misinterpret.

Well on my social security it states that I do have my father, and mother last names for example (John Smith-Garcia) It does not note this on my DMV license, its shows as (John Smith). Now when I did do the application I added both my mother, and father last name. I quite don't remember when signing the DS-11 in front of the clerk at USPS if added my mothers name. You understand that before you send out the application it has to be signed in-front of the witness.
This is what worries me.

When the clerk sends out your application do they also send out a photo copy of your drivers license to government agency issuing the U.S. passports?
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If you have already applied for a passport, then all you can do now is wait. If they have an issue with your legal name, they won't deny the application immediately, but will contact you and request additional documents.
 
Ok its been already 6 days. Should I give them a call tomorrow to find out how the process is going?

Do they go by buisness days are Sat and Sun included?
 
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FlyingHigh said:
Ok its been already 6 days. Should I give them a call tomorrow to find out how the process is going?

Do they go by buisness days or Sat and Sun included?
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6 days is too soon to expect any results. They do go by business days rather than calendar days. Incidentally, tomorrow is a federal holiday so the passport processing facilities will be closed. It generally takes about a week to ten days, before you can even check the application status online, at https://passportstatus2.state.gov/opss/OPSS_Status_ip.asp

By the way, did you apply for regular or expedited processing?
 
I asked for regular mail. The clerk that took my application told me it is basically the same turn around, and it would be cheaper, and wiser to get it done just by regular mail. I applied for this new job that would need for me to travel in, and out of Canada. I drive trucks. This new job expects me to have a passport or passcard in hand. Without it I will not get hired.
 
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