False Statement in Application for United States Passport
It is against federal law to make a false statement in a passport application. For you to be found guilty of this crime the government must prove each of these things beyond a reasonable doubt:
A statement is “false” if it was untrue when made.
A false statement is made “willfully and knowingly” if you acted voluntarily, not by mistake or accident, and knew that the statement was false or demonstrated a reckless disregard for the truth with a conscious purpose to avoid learning the truth.
- That you willfully and knowingly made a false statement in an application for a United States passport.
- That you made the false statement for the purpose of causing issuance of a passport for your own use or for the use of another person.