Here is the link:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/have-passport/change-correct.html

You will have to choose the “Correct a Data or misprint” option. I’m not sure how you will have to explain the misprint (without the identifier) issue, but it may help to know that they are not permitted to print a passport without the identifier for covered individuals, so it is their error and not yours to fix. I think they get around this because once one is issued, they have the authority to revoke it under the same law (Public Law 114-119).

My new passport was issued with the identifier and it was valid for the standard time frame of 10 years.

Dear FAC,
My greatest fear would be to be detained at the airport right before my flight, have the passport confiscated, and not being refunded for the missed flights.
Also, if the passport gets revoked or cancelled I understand I would have to again pay the passport fee of $110, whereas if it is sent in for the correction, the fee is waived.
Is it true that passports issued with the IML identifiers are only valid for one year?
Thanks so much!

Dear no hope,
Thank you so much for your great reply and feedback!

James,
I really appreciate your response! Could you please tell me more about the
-“state department’s online tools to report a passport misprint.”
Thanks so much!

I have traveled personally on 2 passports that were given to me without the identifier and was not hassled once until i got back to NY. After you return home you will get a piece mail from :Angel watch” stating that your passport is no longer good and you have to apply for a new one with the identifier. I did that 2 times not and even sent the letter from angel watch with my application and i still got a passport without any identifier on it. so it seems to be all about money with the government. I am going soon to live abroad for a year or so and i am glad this passport not only had no identifier but is good for 10 years so i may be OK until i return to the states. Sex offender passports are only good for a year which restricts our ability to live abroad for a longer period of time. I wish you luck and as i have told many RSO’s if you can get out of this country even for a little while, do it. It is such a relief not looking over your shoulder every second in fear you may be violating a ew law they just passed that morning and end up in jail for life because of it. Another piece of advice is if you can get a job where you can work from home using just a voip phone and computer you should think about moving to another country permanently. Most customer service jobs pay $15 dollars an hour and in most countries outside the U.S, that’s a lot of money. Do the paperwork to get hired while you are here in the states then take your phone and computer to somewhere you can live life instead of just existing in fear. With this covid there had opened up thousands of jobs you just need a phone and computer for

Jon,

You will likely find a lot of conflicting advice on this topic. Traveling without the identifier will not give you freedom from secondary screenings or other hassles related to being on the list. IML ensures we must report travel, so it doesn’t really matter.

IMO, if you don’t want the hassle of getting a revocation letter and the cost of getting a new passport photo and passport, you can try using the state department’s online tools to report a passport misprint. Make them pay for your new passport. Don’t pay them to print it twice. I received the revocation letter less than a year after having mine issued and tried in vain (many phone calls) to get them to reprint it for free, but to no avail.

Many passports are being issued without the identifier. I would continue to use it until it gets cancelled.

Greetings,
I just got my brand new US Passport and it didn’t have the IML identifier? It should have had it. What should I do? Attempt to travel with it and risk being detained at the airport or just call the Passport Office and let them know they failed to stamp the identifier?
Thanks so much for your advice!!
Jon

Joe123 on December 13, 2018 at 2:24 am
I don’t understand. Am I reading this correctly?

This guy went Out of His Way to throw away a perfectly good passport he received without a mark, just to INTENTIONALLY bring attention to himself and pay another fee to get a passport with a scarlet letter stamp in it?

If this is true, why doesn’t he call the police to report himself speeding on the highway while he’s at it? This is the most backwards thing I have read all year!

Please someone correct me, because it would be hard to believe the loyalty any ‘thinking’ human being could have to a government’s fascist ideas to go out of his way to validate the stupidity of these laws.

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Florida Action Committee on December 13, 2018 at 7:56 am
Yes, Joe. If it’s inevitable that it will be marked, better he get it over with than show up at the airport to discover he can’t fly because his passport is no longer valid.

https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6086&context=mlr