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A passport is a booklet issued by countries to their citizens, permitting the person to travel to other countries. In some cases countries issue travel documents similar to passports to their residents. International organizations also issue travel documents, usually called laissez-passer, to their staff. This article shows images of the various passports currently issued.
Contemporary ordinary passports
editSpecial cases
editPassports where the captioned country is shown in italics are issued either by territories with extremely limited recognition of their passports or by states that are neither member states of the United Nations nor United Nations non-member observer states.
However, even though Taiwan maintains official diplomatic relations with only 14 countries, its "Republic of China (Taiwan) Passport" is still accepted as a valid travel document in most countries of the world. Although its passport enjoys (for nationals with rights of abode in Taiwan) visa-free (or visa on arrival access) status in 137 countries, ranking the ordinary Taiwanese passport 29th in the world (tied with Uruguay) according to the Visa Restrictions Index,[1] some countries, such as Argentina, Brazil, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Jamaica and Mauritius, pursuant to their positions on Taiwan's political status, refuse to visé or stamp Taiwan passports, and instead issue visas on a separate travel document or a separate piece of paper to Taiwanese travellers to avoid conveying any kind of recognition to Taiwan as a polity distinct from the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Africa
editImage | Passport | HPI (2024[update])[2] | Biometric?[3] | Description | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | # visa-free | ||||
Algeria | 84
|
55
|
Yes | The text "People's Democratic Republic of Algeria" in three languages: Arabic (الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية), French (Republique algerienne democratique et populaire),[A] and English; the emblem of Algeria; and the word "passport" in Arabic (جواز السفر), French (passeport), and English. | |
Benin | 76
|
64
|
Yes | ||
Cape Verde | 71
|
69
|
No | ||
Chad | 86
|
53
|
No | ||
Cameroon | 89
|
50
|
Yes | ||
Djibouti | 90
|
49
|
Yes[B] | ||
DR Congo | 91
|
46
|
Yes | ||
Egypt | 87
|
52
|
Yes | ||
Eritrea | 95
|
42
|
No | ||
Eswatini | 64
|
77
|
No | ||
Ethiopia | 91
|
46
|
No | ||
Gabon | 80
|
60
|
No | ||
Ghana | 72
|
68
|
Yes | ||
Guinea | 81
|
59
|
Yes | ||
Kenya | 66
|
75
|
Yes | ||
Libya | 98
|
39
|
No | ||
Mauritania | 83
|
57
|
Yes | ||
Morocco | 68
|
72
|
Yes |
North and Central America
editSouth America
editAsia
editEurope
editOceania
editInternational organizations and sovereign subjects of international law
editContemporary diplomatic passports
edit-
King's Messenger passport
Types
editSpecial passports
editNot granting a right of abode
editCertain passports do not, without additional endorsement, confer the right of abode anywhere and have varying international acceptance for travel:
- British National (Overseas) passport - GBN[5] is widely accepted for international travel
- British Subject passport - GBS[6] is widely accepted for international travel
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta passport has very limited travel acceptance
- Tongan Protected Person passport has very limited travel acceptance
Travel documents issued to non-nationals
edit- 1951 Convention Travel Document
- 1954 Convention Travel Document
- Certificate of identity
- Interpol passport
- Laissez-passer (issued by the European Union and the United Nations)
- Nansen passport
- Travel document
Common design passport groups
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ The original term république algérienne démocratique et populaire is rendered without diacritics on the passport.
- ^ Although Djibouti is not listed by the International Civil Aviation Organization as having biometric passports,[3] they were introduced circa 2018.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Global Ranking - Visa Restriction Index 2016" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "The Henley Passport Index: 2024 Global Ranking" (PDF). Henley Passport Index. Henley & Partners. July 23, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2024. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ^ a b "ICAO PKD Participants". International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ^ "Notice for the New Djiboutian Biometric passport". Embassy of Djibouti, Washington, D.C. June 7, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ^ PRADO documentation for British National (Overseas) passports accessed 14 March 2016
- ^ PRADO documentation for British Subject passports accessed 14 March 2016