Information Request Letters
Random Facts
Passport Processing
Hollywood & Film
US Citizenship
100

"The photograph you submitted cannot be used because it was not taken within the last six months."

677-06 (AA)

100

This famous statue, wears a crown whose spikes represent the 7 oceans and 7 continents.

Statue of Liberty 

100

The next processing step after lockbox applications are batched.

Image Review

100

His first featured role was playing the scarecrow in the 1985 film “The Wiz”.

Michael Jackson

100

This type of birth document, issued in the state of California, is acceptable depending on the date of issuance.

California Birth Abstracts

200

"You submitted a California County Abstract of Birth which only provides limited birth information. Please submit a certified birth certificate issued by the Vital Statistics Office of the state in which your birth occurred."

875-25 (CC)+ S-VR

200

This country has the most lakes in the world

Canada

(879,800 lakes)

200

Passport pickup for these applications starts at 1:30pm.

Same-day

200

The first full-length animated movie was released in 1937 and produced by Walt Disney Productions.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

200

The Department does not accept birth certificates issued prior to July 1, 2010 from this U.S. territory as primary evidence of U.S. citizenship.

Puerto Rico

300

Submit Name Change or Marriage Certificate

"A certified copy of the court order or marriage certificate reflecting your legal change of name.  Photocopies and notarized copies of these documents are not acceptable for passport services."

1000-04

300

This show is the longest-running primetime TV series, animated series, and sitcom, in America. It had its first episode in 1989 and since has gone on for 34 seasons.

The Simpsons

300

This color envelope is used at the counter if applicant chooses priority mail and passport printing is transferred.

Brown (envelope)

[Yellow/Gold also acceptable]

300

In The Matrix, does Neo take the blue pill or the red pill?

Red pill

300

A child born outside of the United States automatically becomes a citizen of the United States when all of the following conditions have been fulfilled: 

(1) At least one parent of the child is a citizen of the United States, whether by           birth or naturalization. 

(2) The child is under the age of eighteen years. 

(3) The child is residing in the United States in the legal and physical custody of           the citizen parent pursuant to a lawful admission for permanent residence. 

Meet the conditions of “this law” if they are born on or after “this date”. 

INA 320 

Born on or after February 27, 2001 

400

Evidence of Applicant (Adult) In Parents’ Custody Prior to 18th Birthday

"A combination of documents such as school, tax, medical, or court records that documents you were in the legal and physical custody of your U.S. citizen parent(s) after you entered the United States for lawful permanent residence and before your 18th birthday."

724-28A

400

This country has 4 official languages.

Switzerland 

(German, Italian, French, Romansh)

400

Checking this box in TDIS when batching applications ensures the passport book is printed in Los Angeles PPT Agency.

Local (checkbox)

400

The movie title of this Alfred Hitchcock thriller is notorious for its shocking "shower scene"?

Psycho

400

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution states “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.

14th Amendment

500

Court Order

"The use of your current name must be documented.  Because your name has been legally changed, you must submit a certified copy of the court order. The document must show the seal, date and judge’s signature."

725-04

500

The oldest tree in the world is a Great Basin bristlecone pine (pinus longaeva) that is over 4,854 years old.

Tree name?

Methuselah tree

500

IRS Batches or O-Hold applications should not be given or processed in this area.

PRISM Room

500

What were the four main characters' names in the TV series "Golden Girls" that ran from 1985-1992?

Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia

500

For persons born abroad prior to <this date>, the U.S. citizen parent must have been physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling ten years prior to the birth of the person, five of which were after reaching age 14.

November 14, 1986