Statement Of Consent — US Passport Issuance to a Child

[CherylM]

This is a new form of DS-3053 (10/2024) Statement Of Consent For US Passport For Minor I haven’t seen yet. My customer was really intense and highly dramatic asking me to print it prior to the appointment. He sent a blank form to bring to someone to sign. When I cancelled the appointment he had just made he was furious with me.

I wasn’t sure this document was for real and I had a busy day. First time I turned someone down this way but the form is unusual for a third party to sign I don’t understand what that means.

Any comments? The form is more complex now.

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U.S. Department of State 2.pdf (5.1 MB)

[ashton]

@CherylM

3053

Please say what state you are in; that will determine if you have to attach a loose certificate.

I posted about this in January 2025:

New US passport-related form

A new DS 3053 form from the US State Department is now available; the old one expired in October 2024. It’s called “STATEMENT OF CONSENT: U.S. PASSPORT ISSUANCE TO A CHILD” and is available at The notarial block has been slightly improved by removing the word “acknowledged”, making it more clear the notary is to give an oath or affirmation and not take an acknowledgement. But there are still plenty of problems: • the word “subscribed” is now missing from the block; the word “executed” may or…

The form is real. Normally, when applying for a passport for a person under the age of 16, the US State Department requires both parents to go together with the child to a passport acceptance facility (often a post office). If one parent can’t go, they can provide the parent who does go with a notarized letter saying the parent who is going is authorized to do so without the absent parent. A notarized DS-3053 can be used for this purpose.

If neither parent can go to the passport acceptance facility, they can provide a notarized letter or notarized DS-3053 signed by both parents, naming some other person to appear with the child.

Then we get into whether the person at the post office is well-trained. Will they make up a rule that a letter isn’t good enough, it HAS to be a DS-3053, even though the law says a letter is OK? Will they make up a rule that a loose certificate isn’t acceptable?

[ashton]

The California League of Independent Notaries made a blog post about this form.

The blog post claims

During the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Winter Conference, Bill Fritzlen from the U.S. Department of State addressed concerns about this form. He confirmed that the Department is aware that the DS-3053 contains problematic notarial wording for certain states, including California.

To resolve this issue, notaries should attach a separate, state-compliant notarial certificate (such as a California Jurat) instead of using the notarial section on the form. This approach ensures compliance with state law while still fulfilling the passport requirement.

[ewing_joe]

@CherylM

DS-3053 (10/2024) Statement Of Consent For US Passport For Minor I haven’t seen yet. My customer was really intense and highly dramatic asking me to print it prior to the appointment. He

The document is real. I notarized 2 of them a month ago. I haven’t heard back so it was accepted. why is my comment important? Because I used a jurat stamp right on top of the non-compliant jurat and didn’t attach a loose certificate.

[ashton]

If its been a month, that means it was accepted at the passport acceptance facility. I don’t think it’s long enough to know if it was accepted at whatever centralized location the US State Department uses to process passports.