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Originally Posted by PhishStyx
In fact, in the US felony convicts often cannot get passports if I recall correctly.
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According to
http://www.ehow.com/about_4842726_un...uirements.html which may or may not be accurate;
"Federal arrest warrants, criminal court orders or conditions of probation may make you ineligible to apply for and receive a U.S. passport, though it is up to law enforcement agencies to deny your request.
Prior criminal records or arrests will not necessarily make you ineligible. Perhaps the operative word here is 'necessarily.' Maybe there is some wiggle room. Maybe a violent criminal can't but a white-collar criminal is OK? Big thief or little thief?
According to the U.S. Department of State (which probably IS accurate,)
if one is in arrears of child support payments in excess of $2,500, you are ineligible to receive a U.S. passport. You can run but you just can't hide.
But... just because one has a U.S. passport, it doesn't make them a citizen! Non-citizens can get U.S. passports!
Again, according to the U.S. State Department; "Not all U.S. nationals are U.S. citizens; all U.S. citizens are U.S. nationals. The U.S. passport issued to non-citizen nationals contains the endorsement code 9 which states: "THE BEARER IS A UNITED STATES NATIONAL AND NOT A UNITED STATES CITIZEN."
Humph! I learn something new every day!
Stitchawl