The Act provides for the denial, revocation, and restriction of U.S. passports when a parent owes at least $2,500 in past- due support. Child support agencies submit information on parents who meet the criteria for passport denial. OCSS forwards those parentsā names to the Department of State to reject their passport applications. The State Department will also revoke a current passport when the parent surrenders it to a passport agent or embassy representative for service, like to add pages, change a name, update a picture, or repair or reissue a damaged passport.
When the State Department denies or revokes a passport, it sends the parent a rejection notice and instructs them to contact the appropriate state child support agency and provides the points of contact.