I'm a passport ecceptance agent and if we see whiteout on any application form they are rejected. The reason is that how do future adjucators know if the whiteout/changes were made before or after it was signed.
As with any government office you are dealing with people and they can be subjective in what they accept so it may or may not go through but I wouldn't chance it.
The normal procedure would be to draw a single line through the mistake and write the correct version near it. We want to be able to see what the mistake was as a method of fraud detection. In this situation I know its a PITA to get another signed copy and I'm not trying to stress you out but you don't want a RFE.
best regards,
John
John W got a reaction from Jenn39 in using whiteout etc on the forms?