Passports: Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA)

Status: In force. The effective date has passed and nothing here records a change to that.

From the published effective date. Nothing here records a court changing it.

• Document number: 2023-13318
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: June 23, 2023
• Effective: July 24, 2023
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

This rule finalizes a proposal for the Department of State (the Department) to remove from the list of acceptable documentary evidence of sole authority/custody a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) that lists only the applying parent.

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Data updated October 2, 2026