Application for Passport

Cornelius J. McIver
[address]

C. Pam Holliday
Regional Director
United States Department of State
[address]

September 5, 2000

Certified Mail # [number]

Ms. Holliday,

I am acknowledging receipt of your letter requesting further information in regards to my application for a passport. Please find a copy of your letter enclosed.

I am confused as to what further information you claim is required from me as, to the best of my knowledge, my application for the passport already contained all the information required under Federal Law. If my original application did not contain all legally required information, please indicate (specifically) what information is lacking, as I found your letter to be quite ambiguous.

You included in your response an information request form identified as "S-su(10-96)". However, this form does not display a valid OMB control number as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as amended. I'm sure you are aware that according to that law, all federal information request forms must display a valid OMB control number. I understand that any information request form without an OMB control number need not be completed for any statutory or regulatory purpose. If you have a version of this form that displays an OMB control number, please send it to me as quickly as possible so this matter can be expedited. If you are unfamiliar with these laws, I respectfully urge you to consult with you legal department. Let me emphasize that it is my sincere desire to provide all information that you are required to have to complete of the processing of my application, but I do insist that all steps be in accordance with Federal Regulations.

I understand my not providing any government issued identification or social security number with my application is probably unusual. I do not feel obliged to explain why I have no social security number, but suffice to say that it involves my Constitutionally-Protected Rights. You may further be assured that Pennsylvania law does not allow me to have a driver license or state issued photo ID card solely for lack of an SSN. I hesitate to give this explanation as it is certainly of no interest to the Department of State, and besides that, according to the passport application instructions, I have already provided all required information in the form of an identifying witness and birth certificate. But I mention it in the sincere hope that it will aid in moving my application along. I sincerely hope this delay in processing my application is not a result of my not having a social security number in accordance with my Constitutionally Protected Rights.

Ms. Holliday, I specifically refrained from paying the additional fee to have my passport application rushed, but further delay could cause hardship. If you are unable to process my application for a valid regulatory reason, please provide that information in specific detail as outlined above. However, absent any shortcoming on my application, any further delay could be considered a denial of my rights, and I would regret being forced to seek stronger remedies. I again respectfully urge you to consult with your legal department before responding.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Sincerely,

[signed]

Cornelius J. McIver

Encl: copy, your letter to me dated August 29, 2000
Encl: copy, your information request form S-su(10-96)

I mention above that Pennsylvania law doesn't allow me to have a driver license. I don't actually agree with that statement, but as far as the Department of State is concered, it adequately explains more than they need to know. There is no need to involve them in the details my my dispute with Pennsylvania's DOT, as they are very much a disinterested party.

The DOS response to the above letter was a phone call. A woman left a message on my machine providing a standard direct dial number to call her. I broke from the rule of keeping everything in writing to just be easy to get along with. After some telephone tag and a conversation or two, I was referred to a higher up.

I agreed to supply documentation to the DOS that would substantiate my identity, but that I would not complete the bogus S-su(10-96) form. While the passport application itself requests EITHER ID from the applicant OR an identifying witness with Photo ID, the form instructions mention that in the latter case, the applicant must provide some ID. Since I didn't produce any, I agreed to send them some.

This Web Page: http://www.cjmciver.org/free/passport2.shtml

All information presented here is done so under the protection of the First, Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and article I section 2 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Furthermore, as established in the famous trial of William Penn in August 1670, and contrary to the unlawful instructions given by most American judges, in addition to judging the facts of a case, juries also have the right and duty to pass judgement on the law (meaning they may acquit a violator of the law if they believe the law in question is unconstitutional, immoral, just plain stupid, or if the penalty is deemed too harsh). Juries are also lawfully free to vote according to their conscience, above all other considerations.