United States passport | |
Issued by | Department of State |
First issued | 1775 (first version) 1926 (booklet) 1981 (machine-readable passport) December 30, 2005 (diplomatic biometric passport booklet) 2006 (regular biometric passport booklet) 2021 (next generation passport booklet) |
In circulation | 151.8 million |
Purpose | Identification |
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After World War II began, passports became mandatory for all U.S. travelers. A 1978 amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 made it illegal to.
President Woodrow Wilson announced in Proclamation 1473 that American citizens could not be issued passports unless they had definite reasons for foreign travel ...