Comments on: State Dept. proposes “Biographical Questionnaire” for passport applicants http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011/03/18/state-dept-proposes-biographical-questionnaire-for-passport-applicants/ Challenging ID Demands Wed, 23 May 2012 05:25:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Were you circumcized? New Passport Questionnaire Baffles Many With Absurd Info - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011/03/18/state-dept-proposes-biographical-questionnaire-for-passport-applicants/#comment-323869 Were you circumcized? New Passport Questionnaire Baffles Many With Absurd Info - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:02:47 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/?p=3136#comment-323869 [...] The questinaire is estimated to be applicable to only about 0.5% of the people who apply for a passport, especially those with problems in verifying there citizenship. Papers, Please! ? Blog Archive ? State Dept. proposes “Biographical Questionnaire” for p... [...] [...] The questinaire is estimated to be applicable to only about 0.5% of the people who apply for a passport, especially those with problems in verifying there citizenship. Papers, Please! ? Blog Archive ? State Dept. proposes “Biographical Questionnaire” for p… [...]

]]> By: blessthesinner http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011/03/18/state-dept-proposes-biographical-questionnaire-for-passport-applicants/#comment-316478 blessthesinner Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:56:05 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/?p=3136#comment-316478 To everyone reading these comments and is wondering if these forms are "real", yes they are, because I just received them. "I will just say no to these forms" commentators, just wait till you have to renew yours. I was born and currently living in the same hometown in California. As both my parents before me. We never left because of raising a family and hardly travel ever. This is my 1st application process for a passport, its my 1st time to Canada. I feel very nervous of effen up on the forms because I really want to travel to see the world, but how the hell can I remember all my jobs, ph. numbers,address's and names of good or a-hole bosses that I've had. Summer jobs/temp/"under the table"=mowing my neighbors grass for extra couple of bucks, is nearly impossible . The "Every place I lived" question was a lot easier than most people, but will I be held liable and denied if I forget to dot a "i" or cross a "T". All this for CFR and any other agencies/foreign country/private sector that need my info. WTF. All without the OMB (Office of Management and Budget) control number. Paperwork Reduction Act UNITED STATES CODE -TITLE 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS CHAPTER 35 - COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY § 3512. Public protection (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that is subject to this subchapter if-- (1) the collection of information does not display a valid control number assigned by the Director in accordance with this subchapter; or (2) the agency fails to inform the person who is to respond to the collection of information that such person is not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a valid control number. (b) The protection provided by this section may be raised in the form of a complete defense, bar, or otherwise at any time during the agency administrative process or judicial action applicable thereto. So what happens if in light of these facts, under penalty of perjury, I give them my personal history they need and I am still denied. Even if it's a right as a US law abiding/tax paying citizen, to travel freely. Was I baptized. No. No passport for you! I am deeply troubled, because I got nothing to hide. My eyes/ears/mind is far from shut though. I just need my 1st real vacation in 33 years before the ish (Modern Global Pardigm haha) goes down. I am the .5%, 1 out of 200 minority, I guess, whatever that is. The TSA and now this. Wish I had a private plane. Thanks for this website and all its info, and maybe I will see you on vacation in Canada? To everyone reading these comments and is wondering if these forms are “real”, yes they are, because I just received them. “I will just say no to these forms” commentators, just wait till you have to renew yours. I was born and currently living in the same hometown in California. As both my parents before me. We never left because of raising a family and hardly travel ever. This is my 1st application process for a passport, its my 1st time to Canada. I feel very nervous of effen up on the forms because I really want to travel to see the world, but how the hell can I remember all my jobs, ph. numbers,address’s and names of good or a-hole bosses that I’ve had. Summer jobs/temp/”under the table”=mowing my neighbors grass for extra couple of bucks, is nearly impossible . The “Every place I lived” question was a lot easier than most people, but will I be held liable and denied if I forget to dot a “i” or cross a “T”. All this for CFR and any other agencies/foreign country/private sector that need my info. WTF. All without the OMB (Office of Management and Budget) control number.
Paperwork Reduction Act

UNITED STATES CODE
-TITLE 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 35 - COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY

§ 3512. Public protection
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that is subject to this subchapter if–

(1) the collection of information does not display a valid control number assigned by the Director in accordance with this subchapter; or

(2) the agency fails to inform the person who is to respond to the collection of information that such person is not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a valid control number.

(b) The protection provided by this section may be raised in the form of a complete defense, bar, or otherwise at any time during the agency administrative process or judicial action applicable thereto.

So what happens if in light of these facts, under penalty of perjury, I give them my personal history they need and I am still denied. Even if it’s a right as a US law abiding/tax paying citizen, to travel freely. Was I baptized. No. No passport for you! I am deeply troubled, because I got nothing to hide. My eyes/ears/mind is far from shut though. I just need my 1st real vacation in 33 years before the ish (Modern Global Pardigm haha) goes down. I am the .5%, 1 out of 200 minority, I guess, whatever that is. The TSA and now this. Wish I had a private plane. Thanks for this website and all its info, and maybe I will see you on vacation in Canada?

]]> By: Judith http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011/03/18/state-dept-proposes-biographical-questionnaire-for-passport-applicants/#comment-302993 Judith Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:09:03 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/?p=3136#comment-302993 One saving fact was I was born in a hospital. But the rest is impossible to put together. I lived in at least twelve places before I graduated from high school. Now at nearly 69 years since birth, I have lived in at least twelve places and could not repeat the specific address. All sexual partners I do not recall. Opps, that is not on there yet. One wonders if they ask for this much information for the candidates running for president. This is a police state and I am shocked but not so surprised to see this kind of attempt to make Americans learn how to bow, and how far down we must go. An exercise in obedience. Getting us ready for the 800 FEMA camps. One saving fact was I was born in a hospital. But the rest is impossible to put together. I lived in at least twelve places before I graduated from high school. Now at nearly 69 years since birth, I have lived in at least twelve places and could not repeat the specific address.
All sexual partners I do not recall. Opps, that is not on there yet.
One wonders if they ask for this much information for the candidates running for president. This is a police state and I am shocked but not so surprised to see this kind of attempt to make Americans learn how to bow, and how far down we must go. An exercise in obedience. Getting us ready for the 800 FEMA camps.

]]> By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » U.S. Embassy confiscates citizen’s passport so he can’t come home http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011/03/18/state-dept-proposes-biographical-questionnaire-for-passport-applicants/#comment-298097 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » U.S. Embassy confiscates citizen’s passport so he can’t come home Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:39:52 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/?p=3136#comment-298097 [...] Nouhali’s treatment also highlights the significance of State Department or DHS passport issuance procedures and decisions to deny, withhold, or confiscate a passport as tantamount to decisions on whether to [...] [...] Nouhali’s treatment also highlights the significance of State Department or DHS passport issuance procedures and decisions to deny, withhold, or confiscate a passport as tantamount to decisions on whether to [...]

]]> By: Why the Government Could Make it Nearly Impossible for You to Get a Passport « Eyes Wide Open International http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011/03/18/state-dept-proposes-biographical-questionnaire-for-passport-applicants/#comment-280711 Why the Government Could Make it Nearly Impossible for You to Get a Passport « Eyes Wide Open International Sat, 07 May 2011 18:39:48 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/?p=3136#comment-280711 [...] There’s more information in the Federal Register notice (also available here as a PDF) and from the Identity Project. [...] [...] There’s more information in the Federal Register notice (also available here as a PDF) and from the Identity Project. [...]

]]> By: Chris Frazier http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011/03/18/state-dept-proposes-biographical-questionnaire-for-passport-applicants/#comment-277415 Chris Frazier Sun, 01 May 2011 20:16:39 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/?p=3136#comment-277415 "I oppose the proposed new regulations for U.S. citizens to acquire a passport. The breadth and width of the biographical information which would be required is excessive, unnecessary, and totalitarian. The citizens of the U.S. are being contorted into subjects of a police state. Enough privacy has been surrendered. Far too much. There is no legitimate need to undergo such a procedure to acquire a passport. Is the U.S. now to move many steps closer to becoming a penal colony? Do the bureaucrats have nothing better to do than generate more and more unnecessary regulations? The threat of "terrorism" is grossly exaggerated to justify the creation of new windmills with which the federal government may joust. War and financial speculation are now the businesses of our 'elected' officials. For the sake of decency and liberty, do NOT approve these preposterous new burdens on the people. Wall Street, allied with the U.S. government, has exported most of the manufacturing jobs. It will soon be necessary for more and more citizens to look overseas for employment as the U.S. economy, having been gutted and plundered, continues its collapse. Don't make us prisoners of whatever form of government this behemoth in Washington has become." “I oppose the proposed new regulations for U.S. citizens to acquire a passport. The breadth and width of the biographical information which would be required is excessive, unnecessary, and totalitarian. The citizens of the U.S. are being contorted into subjects of a police state. Enough privacy has been surrendered. Far too much. There is no legitimate need to undergo such a procedure to acquire a passport. Is the U.S. now to move many steps closer to becoming a penal colony? Do the bureaucrats have nothing better to do than generate more and more unnecessary regulations? The threat of “terrorism” is grossly exaggerated to justify the creation of new windmills with which the federal government may joust. War and financial speculation are now the businesses of our ‘elected’ officials. For the sake of decency and liberty, do NOT approve these preposterous new burdens on the people. Wall Street, allied with the U.S. government, has exported most of the manufacturing jobs. It will soon be necessary for more and more citizens to look overseas for employment as the U.S. economy, having been gutted and plundered, continues its collapse. Don’t make us prisoners of whatever form of government this behemoth in Washington has become.”

]]> By: Reality Zone Unfiltered News 2011 April 23-29 http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011/03/18/state-dept-proposes-biographical-questionnaire-for-passport-applicants/#comment-276894 Reality Zone Unfiltered News 2011 April 23-29 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 22:48:48 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/?p=3136#comment-276894 [...] US State Department proposes that passport applications include all prior addresses since birth, l... [Don't worry. It's all for our protection, you know.] PapersPlease Posted 2011 Apr 23 (Cached) [...] [...] US State Department proposes that passport applications include all prior addresses since birth, l… [Don't worry. It's all for our protection, you know.] PapersPlease Posted 2011 Apr 23 (Cached) [...]

]]> By: Connie http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011/03/18/state-dept-proposes-biographical-questionnaire-for-passport-applicants/#comment-276416 Connie Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:15:21 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/?p=3136#comment-276416 Travel without a portpass...look into it. You are not required by law to have a portpass, a driver's license or car reg. or a SS#, on and on..all legal fiction backed by violence. If you keep giving into this BS, they will continue to harass you... You are free to travel... Get on a military transport, or charter a plane with a few other people...it's all possible... Travel without a portpass…look into it. You are not required by
law to have a portpass, a driver’s license or car reg. or a SS#, on and on..all legal fiction backed by violence. If you keep giving into this BS, they will continue to harass you… You
are free to travel… Get on a military transport, or charter a plane
with a few other people…it’s all possible…

]]> By: uzee Cameron http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011/03/18/state-dept-proposes-biographical-questionnaire-for-passport-applicants/#comment-276407 uzee Cameron Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:54:16 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/?p=3136#comment-276407 You have got to be kidding. I move every 2 -3 years and am 63 years old. I can barely remember who I've worked for for more than 3 decades. And my immediate (DNA )family is about 78 people (Easter last a new member joined us). Get real. Suzee Cameron You have got to be kidding. I move every 2 -3 years and am 63 years old. I can barely remember who I’ve worked for for more than 3 decades. And my immediate (DNA )family is about 78 people (Easter last a new member joined us). Get real.

Suzee Cameron

]]> By: State Dept. wants to make it harder to get a passport - Stormfront http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011/03/18/state-dept-proposes-biographical-questionnaire-for-passport-applicants/#comment-276008 State Dept. wants to make it harder to get a passport - Stormfront Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:35:29 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/?p=3136#comment-276008 [...] There?s more information in the Federal Register notice (also available here as a PDF) and from the Identity Project. You can submit comments to the State Dept. online at Regulations.gov until midnight Eastern time [...] [...] There?s more information in the Federal Register notice (also available here as a PDF) and from the Identity Project. You can submit comments to the State Dept. online at Regulations.gov until midnight Eastern time [...]

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