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Infant Passport by: Anonymous Question: My wife is now admitted to a psychiatric hospital, and we need our infant 8-month-old baby's passport established. Due to her state, she cannot go to the passport office with me right now. What can I do? We need the passport to be established as soon as possible as all three of us plan to travel out of the country once the mother is freed to come back home. What can we do? Can the mother sign the document at the hospital? Answer: Since the mother is admitted in a psychiatric hospital, she may not be mentally fit to provide consent. What you can do is ask her attending physician to provide a medical certificate in official hospital letterhead explaining her condition. You can then submit this document with Form DS-5525 and the rest of the requirements for a child's passport. You may call the NPIC at 1-877-487-2778 for more information.

SSN for infant born outside USA by: Anonymous Question: I am a mother of a newborn US citizen born outside the US. He is born in Cairo, Egypt. I am completing his passport application (DS-11) but he doesn't have an SSN. Can I proceed with his passport application without an SSN? If yes, how shall I complete box5 of DS-11? Answer: Please contact the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. They may be able to issue the child an SSN.

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