8 FAM 701.3
(U) Standard Abbreviations
(CT:CITZ-1; 06-27-2018)
(Office of Origin: CA/PPT/S/A)
8 FAM 701.3-1 (U) List of
Standard Abbreviations
(CT:CITZ-1; 06-27-2018)
a. This exhibit contains a list of standard
adjudication abbreviations that are unique to Consular Affairs (CA), for which
there are no checkboxes provided, and must be used when using abbreviations to:
(1) Annotate paper passport applications; and
(2) (U) Update the text and comment fields in Travel
Document Issuance System (TDIS).
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EXCEPTION: Although the
abbreviations below are preferred for clarity, consistency, and accurate
recordkeeping, meaningfully identical notational variations (that do not
change the meaning or purpose of the notation) may be accepted, e.g.,
changing the order in which the information is annotated.
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b. This exhibit does not include abbreviations from the
following sources:
(1) Acronyms for CA computer systems (see 8 FAH-1
H-502.1).
(2) Federal or semi-governmental agency acronyms;
e.g., USCIS, DHS, USPS, USDC, or DEA.
(3) Standard abbreviations defined in chapter nine of
the Government Printing Office style manual.
(4) Place of birth codes (either TDIS or American
Citizens Services) as defined in 8 FAM 403.4.
c. The notations can be used either in CAPITAL or
small letter format. If you find that that there are abbreviations missing,
please advise CA/PPT/S/A/AP at AskPPTAdjudication@state.gov. Notations
currently in use are in red bold.
AAN Acceptance Agent Number
Acq Acquired (as in law of acquisition)
Adopt Dec Adoption Decree
Aff Affidavit
AFN Acceptance Facility Number
AKA Also Known As
Amcit American Citizen (see new notation USC)
Amd Amended
ARC Alien Registration Card (see new notation
PRC)
ARP Acquisition Review Panel
Attd Attached
Bap Cert Baptismal Certificate
B/C (or BC) Birth Certificate
Cash U.S. Currency (no abbreviation)
CC Credit Card
CIS Ver Verification of Citizenship from USCIS
Citz Cert Certificate of Citizenship
Citz Citizenship
CLR CLEAR Consolidated Lead
Evaluation And Reporting (a commercial database)
Ck or P
Check (i.e., monetary instrument)
C/O Court Order
C/D Canceled and Destroyed
C/R Canceled and Returned
Cons Consulate
CRBA Consular Report of Birth Abroad (see old
notation ROBA.)
CRDA Consular Report of Death Abroad
CSM Customer Service Manager
Cust - Custody
D Cert Death Certificate
D Ck CCD Death Check
Div Dec Divorce Decree
DL Drivers License
DOB Date of Birth
DOD Date of Death
DOE Date of Expiration
DOI Date of Issuance
e-RPS Electronic Request for Passport Services
(used by CA/PPT/SIA)
Emb Embassy
End Endorsement
EPDP Emergency Photo-Digitized Passport
Evid Evidence
EVVE Electronic Verification of Vital Events
Exp Expired
FBC Foreign Birth Certificate
FName First Name
FPM Fraud Program Manager
FR Facial Recognition
Geo Disp Geographic Dispersion
Hosp Cert Hospital Certificate
I/C Implied Consent (parental awareness)
ICG
Internal Controls Guide for Employees
ID Identification Card
IN Information Notice
INS Immigration and Naturalization Service (see new
notation USCIS)
IRL (or e-IRL) Information Request Letter or Electronic
IRL
Iss Issued
LN (or LexNex) Lexis Nexis (a commercial database)
LName Last Name
LNR Letter of No Record
LOA Letter Of Authorization
LPR Legal Permanent Resident
Ltr Letter
MC Marriage Certificate
MD Medical Doctor (physician)
Mil Military
MName Middle Name
MO Money Order
MS ACC SSN DB Microsoft Access Social Security Database
(see new notation SSN DB)
N/A Not Available
N/C Name Change
N/O Name of
N/S Not Submitted
Nat Cert Certificate of Naturalization
NC Namecheck
NI Not issued (when written by barcode)
NLETS National Law Enforcement
Telecommunications System
Non-DL Non-Drivers License (issued by
individual state Motor Vehicle Administrations)
NPIC National Passport Information Center
OPDP Overseas Photo-Digitized Passport
P/C (or PC) Photocopy
PFBD Potentially Fraudulent Birth Documents
I Institutional
NI Non-Institutional (when written in For Issuing
Office Only block)
NS Non-Suspect birth attendant
S Suspect birth attendant
POA Power of Attorney
POB Place of Birth
PPT Passport
PRC Permanent Resident Card (see old notations
ARC and RAC)
PSC (or non-PSC) Personal (or
non-Personal) Services Contractor (used by CA/PPT/SIA)
RAC Resident Alien Card (see new notation PRC)
Rec Record
Recd Received
Rel - Relationship
Rcpt Receipt
ROBA Report of Birth Abroad (see new notation CRBA)
Phys - Physician
Sign Signature
S/A Same As
S/R Seen and Returned
SSN DB Microsoft Access Social Security
Database (see former notation - MS ACC SSN DB)
Stmt Statement
Supp - Supplemental
Telcon/Telecon Telephone conversation
TPC Third Party Contractor (used by
CA/PPT/SIA). Do not confuse with the Tucson Passport Center (CA/PPT/TPC).
Univ - University
USC United States Citizen (see also - Amcit)
UV Ultra-Violet
VFD or VER Verified; verification
w/i Within
W/C or WC Will Call
W/S Worksheet