Editing Internal passport (section)

== Summary ==

Countries that currently have internal passports in the strict sense (to control [[internal migration]]) include:
* {{flag|China}} ([[Hukou]]),
* {{flag|Vietnam}} ([[Hộ khẩu]]),
* {{flag|North Korea}} ([[hoju]]) {{cn|date=March 2025}}

The following countries issue internal passports as main identity documents for travel and identification purposes (analogous to [[identity card]]s in other countries):

* {{flag|Russian Federation}} ([[Internal passport of Russia|Russian internal passport]])
* {{Flagcountry|Turkmenistan}} (Turkmen internal passport, "''raýatlyk pasporty"'')

Internal passports are known to have been issued and used previously by:
* {{flag|Russian Empire}} and its successor states,
* {{flag|France|}}, until 1862
* {{flag|Canada|1957}} ([[Pass system (Canadian history)|for certain indigenous groups]] from 1885 to 1941)
* {{flag|Confederate States of America}}
* {{flag|United States|1859}} (for African-Americans in [[slave state]]s prior to the [[American Civil War|Civil War]])
* {{flag|Soviet Union}} (see [[Passport system in the Soviet Union|Soviet Union internal passport]]),
* {{flag|Ottoman Empire}},
* {{flag|Italy|1861}} (''passaporto per l'interno'') {{when|reason=from when to when?|date=September 2022}}
* {{flag|Lithuania}}, between 1919 and 1940, not intended for traveling; but rather acting as personal identification documents entitling the user to Lithuanian citizenship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.litvaksig.org/research/special-projects/internal-passports|title=Internal Passports|publisher=Litvak SIG|language=English|accessdate=29 August 2022}}</ref>
* {{flag|South Africa|1928}}, during [[apartheid]]
* {{flag|South Korea}} ( until 2008)
* {{flag|Iraq}} (until 2016, replaced by [[Iraq National Card|National Card]]) 
* {{flag|Nazi Germany}} (from 1938 until 1943)
* {{flag|Sweden}} (until 1860)
* {{flag|Ukraine}} (until 2020; new identity document officially called [[Ukrainian identity card|"Passport of the citizen of Ukraine"]] but carries no restrictions on internal migration)