U.S. Passport Application Status

PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT

AUTHORITIES: Collection of this information is authorized by 22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.; 8 U.S.C. 1104; 26 U.S.C. 6039E; 22 U.S.C. 2714a(f); Section 236 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001; Executive Order 11295 (August 5, 1966); and 22 C.F.R. parts 50 and 51.

PURPOSE: This information is being collected in order to access and locate the status of your passport application. The last four digits of your Social Security number are used to locate the status of your application.

ROUTINE USES: This information may be disclosed to another domestic government agency, a private contractor, a foreign government agency, or to a private person or private employer in accordance with certain approved routine uses. The last four digits of your Social Security number are stored temporarily and are not used in any upstream applications. More information on the Routine Uses for the system can be found in System of Records Notices State-05, Overseas Citizens Services Records and Other Overseas Records, State-26, Passport Records, and the Department’s Prefatory Statement of Routine Uses.

DISCLOSURE: Providing information on this form is voluntary. The information must be provided to receive the status of your passport application. Failure to provide the last four digits of your Social Security number will result in the system not being able to display the status of your application.