(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 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.
(c) For procedures on refunds of $5.00 or less, see 22 CFR 22.6(b).
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: 72 FR 64931, Nov. 19, 2007, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 22 CFR 51.53