The State Department has announced that it will roll out new US passport applications in February. According to the State Department website, these new passport forms will be available beginning February 1, 2011. Before February 1, submit your passport application using the current form . The new forms should be used for allapplications submitted on or after February 1. Travel.State.Gov and all passport facilities will make the new forms available on February 1, 2011.A FoxNews article can be found here: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/07/passport-applications-soon-gender-neutral/ The article has been posted and repeated in many locations, however not having actually seen the new document, there is no independent verification of this change. Pam.