In approving these forms, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ignored overwhelming public outrage at these questionnaires.
The most reasonable inference is that the new forms are designed to be impossible to complete, so as to provide a pretext to deny you a passport if the State Department doesn’t like your looks (or your opinions, or whatever)...read more: http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/white-house-approves-new-long-forms-for-some-passport-applicants/
White House approves new “long forms” for some passport applicants
After a year-long “review,” the White House on August 12, 2013, approved the State Department’s proposed new “long form” questionnaires for some (unspecified) subset of applicants for US passports.
In approving these forms, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ignored overwhelming public outrage at these questionnaires.
The forms include such questions as:
- List all your parent(s) residences one year before your birth.
- Parent(s) place of employment at the time of your birth (Dates of employment, Name of employer, Address of employer).
- Did your mother receive medical care while pregnant with you and/or up to one year after your birth? (Name of hospital or other facility, Address, Name of Doctor, Approximate dates of appointments).
- Please provide the names (as well as address and phone number, if available) of persons present at your birth such as medical personnel, family members, etc.
- Please list any schools, day care centers, or developmental programs you attended from birth to age 18 in or outside of the United States.
- Please list all of your permanent residences inside and outside of the United States starting with your birth until age 18.
White House approves new “long forms” for some passport applicants
After a year-long “review,” the White House on August 12, 2013, approved the State Department’s proposed new “long form” questionnaires for some (unspecified) subset of applicants for US passports.
In approving these forms, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ignored overwhelming public outrage at these questionnaires.
The forms include such questions as:
- List all your parent(s) residences one year before your birth.
- Parent(s) place of employment at the time of your birth (Dates of employment, Name of employer, Address of employer).
- Did your mother receive medical care while pregnant with you and/or up to one year after your birth? (Name of hospital or other facility, Address, Name of Doctor, Approximate dates of appointments).
- Please provide the names (as well as address and phone number, if available) of persons present at your birth such as medical personnel, family members, etc.
- Please list any schools, day care centers, or developmental programs you attended from birth to age 18 in or outside of the United States.
- Please list all of your permanent residences inside and outside of the United States starting with your birth until age 18.
Sure am glad I already have my passport!
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