{"data":{"id":"us/22-cfr-51.45","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 CFR 51.45","heading":"Department discretion to require evidence of U.S. citizenship or non-citizen nationality.","body":"The Department may require an applicant to provide any evidence that it deems necessary to establish that he or she is a U.S. citizen or non-citizen national, including evidence in addition to the evidence specified in 22 CFR 51.42 through 51.44.","path":["Title 22—Foreign Relations","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER F—NATIONALITY AND PASSPORTS","PART 51—PASSPORTS","Subpart C—Evidence of U.S. Citizenship or Nationality"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-22.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:49Z","sha256":"c97e331fbd336da8814e660c4430a6e15455ceb684da499c215682c1340cc9c7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-cfr-51.44","next":"us/22-cfr-51.46"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}