The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
HOW ID GET. PASSPORTS
 NONE ID CENTRAL POWERS

While American consuls abroad have certain powers of discretion with respect to extending the life of l and to amending American pass ports. to permit the holder to visit | other countries than those specified l in the original papers, and in cases of l doubt, are authorized to obtain in 1 sructions from the State Depart ment by cable, the original passport 1 should if possible be made out to l include all countries which the tray l eIer desires to visit.
 1 No Passports to Central Powers. 1 With respect to the Central Powers, | the American Government does not as 1 yet issue passports for any purpose to 1 either Germany or Hungary, nor can l consuls amend, passports to permit of 1 entry into these countries Americans 1 entering Germany on important and
 urgent business must proceed at l their own risk and on their own re- i sponsibiity, since they cannot be l guaranteed the same protection of this Government that would be ac- ! corded in normal times. To a limit~ 1 ed extent and under rigid restrictions, a few passports are being issued tf> 1 the Republic of Austria
 Those parts of the Central Pow now included in new friendly cOun- 1 tries, such as Poland, Czechosloval1if and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croat: and SlOvenes are regarded as belong, I ing to the new countries. Passports to these countries, as well as to tho Balkan states generally and to Con :. 1 stanuuople, Palestine, Syria and AT 1nenia, are issued only where evi dence is presented of the urgent ne i cessity of the trip. With respect to Russia SihaTia [ ! those sections with which trade re- Iations have been established can be obtained for bona-fde commercial rips, when the necessity therefor i7 esta blished by documentary evidence. They will not, in general, be issued to permit the wives of business men t0 accompany them on such trips. The application for Q passport must be made before a clerk of a Federal court. or of a State court authorized to naturaIize aliens, within the jur- isdiction of which the applicant re- sides. It is always preferable tha! the application be made at or as neas as possible to the place in which tho applicant is 1fvtng. In the case Of ap- plicants living in or near New YorF l City and San Francisco the appltca l lions may be filed at the State De- 2rtnent's passports agencies in the custom houses in those cities The clerk of court or passport agent with whom the application is filed can of course furnish full information as to the form and details of the applica- ton.
 The person who is contemplating a trip abroad should file his application in ample time. After it is filed, Ii must be examined as to form and &C., companying docum entary evidence, if necessary, before being forwarded to Washington, and two days, at least, should be allowed for this purpose i After 1t caches the Division of Pass i port Control of the State Department, 1 while the time required varies with the completeness of the documents l presented, at least a week must be al 1 lowed before passport papers are Is 1 sued.
 The State Department regards ten 1 days as the minirn' lime which
 should be allowed ! ..een the re- 1 ceipt by it of the application and tho | Issuance of the passport
 Wherever practicable, 1t Is wise to | allow a wider margin, since after the l passport Is obtained from the State 1 Department, it must still be examined 1 and visaed by the consular repre- 1 sentatives in the United States of | the countries which the holder ex- 1 poets to visit. In some cases a very | considerable time-often from a week i to ten days - Is required to obtain | the visa. While 1t is not essential in | all cases that passports be visaed 1 before departure from the United 1 States by consular or diplomatic rep. 1 resentatives of all the countries to ba | visited, such a procedure is prefer | able and is necessary for the country' | that will be first visited.
 1 Requirements as to registration and other formalities with which visitors
 must comply vary in the several | countries, and can be learned on ar rival on the other side, either from | the local authorities or from Ameri l can consular representatives. | Sailing Permit Also Required. | Before he can leave this country | however, the wou1d-be traveller must l have 0 sailing permit, and to obtain | this permit, which can be issued only | by the customs officer at the port O. authorization. the traveller must fur
 nish evidence that he has paid all
 instailnents of his income tax due up l to the date Of departure, and has 1 made arrangements for the payment
 of future insta1lments as they fall | due,
 
 American citizens, There are like 1 wise great numbers of citizens oe ,, other countries who have been tenn 1 porariiy in the United States and who l are now desirous of returning to their
 native countries, Such persons must 1 obtain passports from the diplomatic l or consular representatives in this
 country of their respective govern l ments.
 1 When there are such consular of
 fcers located near their present places | of residence, it is advisable to apply l to them rather than to come to New l York, or to other large ports, where l serious delays must be expected be. 1 cause of the great congestion of work The passports so obtained must be | visaed by American customs autheri- | ties at the ports of departure before l the aliens cansfeave the country ana
 in the case of the nationals of Ger I 1rro,- -fr