Are you involved in a custody dispute over your child? Are you concerned that your child may be taken abroad by the other parent without your knowledge?
We've assembled some resources for you.
If your child has been abducted internationally, contact the Office of Children's Issues (1-888-407-4747 or PreventAbduction1@state.gov) and appropriate law enforcement officials immediately.
Enrolling your child in the Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program (CPIAP) is very important. This allows us to tell you if your child's passport application before the passport is issued.
For more information, and how to enroll, see Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program.
Your child, although they were born in the United States or abroad to a U.S. citizen parent, might also be a citizen of another country. A child may acquire another nationality without the consent of the U.S. citizen parent.
A child may acquire citizenship by the child's birth abroad, by a parent born outside the United States, or a parent who acquired a second nationality by naturalization.
Enrolling in the Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program does not stop a dual national child from getting (or traveling) on a foreign passport. If your child has, or might have, another nationality, contact the country's embassy or consulate directly to ask about denial of that country's passport.
For more information, please see Dual Nationality.
Parents or legal guardians may request their child's passport records. The mailed request must contain:
Mail your request to:
U.S. Department of State
Law Enforcement Liaison Division
CA/PPT/S/TO/LE
44132 Mercure Cir
PO Box 1227
Sterling, VA 20166-1227
Requests for passport records take 4-8 weeks. For more information, call 202-485-6550.
Passport records are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a).
While we make every effort to help, the Office of Children's Issues can assume no legal responsibility for the services provided.
For more information about the issuance or denial of U.S. passports to children involved in custody disputes, or about international child abduction, please contact:
U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Office of Children's Issues
SA-17 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20522-1709
Phone: 1-888-407-4747