Editing Passport (section)

==Types==
[[File:Indonesian Hajj Passport.png|thumb|The [[Indonesia]]n Hajj Passport is a special passport that is only used by [[Hajj]] pilgrims and can only be used to [[Masjid al-Haram|perform the Hajj]].]]
Governments around the world issue a variety of passports for different purposes. The most common variety are ordinary passports issued to individual [[Citizenship|citizens]] and other [[Nationality|nationals]]. In the past, certain countries issued collective passports{{efn|These were issued to defined groups for travel together to particular destinations, such as a group of school children on a school trip. As of 2021, collective passports are still issued by the United Kingdom for field-trips to certain countries within the [[Schengen Area]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Collective (group) passports|url=https://www.gov.uk/collective-group-passports/overview|website=GOV.UK|publisher=[[Government Digital Service]]|access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>}} or family passports.{{efn|Family passports were typically issued to one passport holder, who may travel alone or with other family members included in the passport. A family member not listed as the passport holder could not use the passport for travel without the passport holder. These passports are essentially obsolete as most countries; including all the [[European Union|EU]] states, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom; require each traveller to have their own passport.<ref>{{cite web|title=Passports for children|url=http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/passport/child/index.asp|website=Canada.CA|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref>}} Today, passports are typically issued to individual travellers rather than groups. Aside from ordinary passports issued to citizens by national governments, there are a variety of other types of passports by governments in specific circumstances.

While individuals are typically only permitted to hold one passport, certain governments permit citizens to hold more than one ordinary passport.{{efn|This may apply, for example, to people who travel a lot on business, and may need to have, say, a passport to travel on while another is awaiting a visa for another country. The UK for example may issue a second passport if the applicant can show a need and supporting documentation, such as a letter from an employer.}} Individuals may also simultaneously hold an ordinary passport and an official or diplomatic passport.

=== Emergency passport ===
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Emergency passports (also called temporary passports) are issued to persons with urgent need to travel who do not have passports, e.g. someone abroad whose passport has been lost or stolen who needs to travel home within a few days, someone whose passport expires abroad, or someone who urgently needs to travel abroad who does not have a passport with sufficient validity. These passports are intended for very short durations, e.g. to allow immediate one-way travel back to the home country. [[Laissez-passer]] are also used for this purpose.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guidance ECB08: What are acceptable travel documents for entry clearance|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-are-acceptable-travel-documents-for-entry-clearance-ecb08/ecb08-what-are-acceptable-travel-documents-for-entry-clearance|access-date=19 March 2015}}</ref> Uniquely, the United Kingdom issues emergency passports to citizens of certain [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth states]] who lose their passports in non-Commonwealth countries where their home state does not maintain a diplomatic or consular mission.

===Diplomatic and official passports===
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Pursuant to the [[Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations]], [[Vienna Convention on Consular Relations]], and the [[diplomatic immunity|immunity afforded to officials of a foreign state]] under [[customary international law]], diplomats and other individuals travelling on government business are entitled to reduced scrutiny at [[border checkpoint]]s when travelling overseas. Consequently, such individuals are typically issued special passports indicating their status. These passports come in three distinct varieties:

==== Diplomatic passports ====
: Typically issued to [[diplomatic accreditation|accredited diplomats]], senior consular staff, [[head of state|heads of state]] or [[head of government|government]], and to senior foreign ministry employees. Individuals holding diplomatic passports are usually entitled to certain degrees of immunity from border control inspections, depending on their home countries and their countries of entry.

==== Service/official passports ====
: Issued to senior government officials travelling on state business who are not eligible for diplomatic passports. Holders of official passports are typically entitled to similar immunity from border control inspections. In the [[United States passport|United States of America]], official and service passports are two distinct categories of passport, with official passports being issued to senior government officials while service passports are issued to government contractors.{{efn|Service Passports are issued by the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]] to "certain non-personal services contractors who travel abroad in support of and pursuant to a contract with the U.S. government", to demonstrate the passport holder is travelling "to conduct work in support of the U.S. government while simultaneously indicating that the traveler has a more attenuated relationship with the U.S. government that does not justify a diplomatic or official passport."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/30/2016-23568/passports-service-passports|title=Passports: Service Passports|date=30 September 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://fam.state.gov/fam/07fam/07fam1310.html|title=Introduction to Passport Services|access-date=2021-11-13|archive-date=2018-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802130254/https://fam.state.gov/fam/07fam/07fam1310.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/265151.pdf|title=US Diplomatic Note}}</ref>}}

==== Public affairs passports ====
: Issued to Chinese citizens holding senior positions in state-owned companies. While public affairs passports do not usually entitle their bearers to exemption from searches at border checkpoints, they are subject to more liberal visa policies in several countries primarily in Africa and Asia (see: [[Visa requirements for Chinese citizens]]).

===Passports without right of abode===
{{Main|National without household registration|British nationality law}}

[[File:ROC National Without Registration Passport Datapage.jpg|thumb|Sample <abbr title="Republic of China (Taiwan)">ROC</abbr> passport issued to [[National without household registration|NWOHRs]]. Note the absence of a national ID number.]]

Unlike most countries, the United Kingdom and the Republic of China issue various categories of passports to individuals without the right of abode in their territory. In the United Kingdom's case, these passports are typically issued to individuals connected with a former British colony while, in the ROC's case, these passports are the result of the legal distinction between ROC nationals with and without residence in the area it administers.{{efn|name=ROC|The area under the definition consists of:
*[[Geography of Taiwan|Taiwan]] ({{zh|t=台灣}})
*[[Penghu]] ({{zh|t=澎湖}})
*[[Kinmen]] ({{zh|t=金門|p=Jīnmén}})
*[[Matsu Islands]] ({{zh|t=馬祖列島|p=Mǎzǔ Lièdǎo}})
*[[List of islands of Taiwan|Other nearby islands]]}} In both cases, holders of such passports are able to obtain residence on an equal footing with foreigners by applying for [[indefinite leave to remain]] (UK) or a [[resident certificate]] (ROC).

====Republic of China (Taiwan)====
A [[Taiwanese nationality law|Republic of China citizen]] who does not have [[household registration in Taiwan|household registration]] ({{zh|t=戶籍|p=hùjí}}) in the area administered by the ROC{{efn|name=ROC}} is classified as a National Without Household Registration (NWOHR; {{zh|t=無戶籍國民|Wú hùjí guómín}}) and is subject to immigration controls when clearing ROC border controls, does not have automatic residence rights, and cannot vote in [[Elections in Taiwan|Taiwanese elections]]. However, they are exempt from [[conscription in Taiwan|conscription]]. Most individuals with this status are children born overseas to ROC citizens who do hold household registration. Additionally, because the ROC observes the principle of ''[[jus sanguinis]]'', members of the [[overseas Chinese]] community are also regarded as citizens.<ref>{{harvnb|Selya|2004|pp=329–330}}.</ref> During the [[Cold War]], both the ROC and PRC governments actively sought the support of overseas Chinese communities in their attempts to secure the position as the legitimate sole government of China. The ROC also encouraged overseas Chinese businessmen to settle in Taiwan to facilitate economic development and regulations concerning evidence of ROC nationality by descent were particularly lax during the period, allowing many overseas Chinese the right to settle in Taiwan.<ref>{{harvnb|Cheng|2014|p=138}}.</ref> About 60,000 NWOHRs currently hold [[Taiwan passport|Taiwanese passport]]s with this status.<ref>{{cite news |title=無戶籍國民 返台將免簽 |trans-title=Nationals without household registration returning to Taiwan will soon be visa-exempt |last1=Chen |first1=Yuren 陳郁仁 |last2=Tang |first2=Zhenyu 唐鎮宇 |language=Chinese |date=August 16, 2011 |work=[[Apple Daily (Taiwan)|Apple Daily]] |url=https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/daily/20110816/33600621/ |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204215925/https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/daily/20110816/33600621/ |archive-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref>

====United Kingdom====
The United Kingdom issues several similar but distinct passports which correspond to the country's several categories of nationality. Full [[British citizen]]s are issued a standard [[British passport]]. British citizens resident in the [[Crown Dependencies]] may hold variants of the British passport which confirm their [[Manx passport|Isle of Man]], [[Jersey passport|Jersey]], or [[Guernsey passport|Guernsey]] identity. Many of the other categories of nationality do not grant bearers right of abode in the United Kingdom itself. 

[[British National (Overseas)]] passports are issued to individuals connected to Hong Kong prior to its return to China. [[British Overseas Citizen]] passports are primarily issued to individuals who did not acquire the citizenship of the colony they were connected to when it obtained independence (or their stateless descendants). British Overseas Citizen passports are also issued to certain categories of Malaysian nationals in Penang and Malacca, and individuals connected to Cyprus as a result of the legislation granting independence to those former British colonies. [[British Protected Person]] passports are issued to otherwise stateless people connected to a former British [[protectorate]]. [[British subject]] passports are issued to otherwise stateless individuals connected to [[British India]] or to certain categories of Irish citizens (though, in the latter case, they do convey right of abode). 

Additionally, individuals connected to a [[British overseas territory]] are accorded [[British Overseas Territories citizen]]ship and may hold passports issued by the governments of their respective territory. All overseas territory citizens are also now eligible for full British citizenship. Each territory maintains [[Belonger status|its own criteria]] for determining whom it grants right of abode. Consequently, individuals holding BOTC passports are not necessarily entitled to enter or reside in the territory that issued their passport. Most countries distinguish between BOTC and other classes of British nationality for border control purposes. For instance, only Bermudian passport holders with an endorsement stating that they possess right of abode or belonger status in Bermuda are entitled to enter America without an electronic travel authorisation.<ref>"[https://bm.usconsulate.gov/visas/visa-exemptions-bermudians/ Visa Exemptions for Bermudians] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201081541/https://bm.usconsulate.gov/visas/visa-exemptions-bermudians/ |date=2016-12-01 }}". ''U.S. Consulate General in Bermuda''. Retrieved 31 October 2021.</ref>

Border control policies in many jurisdictions distinguish between holders of passports with and without right of abode, including NWOHRs and holders of the various British passports that do not confer right of abode upon the bearer. Certain jurisdictions may additionally distinguish between holders of such British passports with and without [[indefinite leave to remain]] in the United Kingdom. NWOHRs do not, for instance, have access to the [[Visa Waiver Program]], or to visa free access to the Schengen Area or Japan. Other countries, such as India which allows all Chinese nationals to apply for [[Visa policy of India|eVisas]], do not make such a distinction. Notably, while Singapore does permit visa free entry to all categories of British passport holders, it reduces length of stay for British nationals without right of abode in the United Kingdom, but does not distinguish between ROC passport holders with and without household registration.

Until 31 January 2021, holders of British National (Overseas) passports were able to use their UK passports for immigration clearance in Hong Kong<ref name="HKSARRecognition" /> and to seek consular protection from [[List of diplomatic missions of China|overseas Chinese diplomatic missions]]. This was a unique arrangement as it involved a passport issued by one state conferring right of abode (or, more precisely [[Right of abode in Hong Kong|right to land]]) in and consular protection from another state. Since that date, the Chinese and Hong Kong governments have prohibited the use of BN(O) passports as travel documents or proof of identity and it; much like British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, or ROC NWOHR passports; is not associated with right of abode in any territory. BN(O)s who do not possess Chinese (or any other) nationality are required to use a [[Hong Kong Document of Identity for Visa Purposes|Document of Identity for Visa Purposes]] for travel.<ref name="HKSARRecognition">{{cite press release |title=HKSAR Government follows up on China's countermeasures against British Government's handling of issues related to British National (Overseas) passport |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202101/29/P2021012900763.htm |publisher=[[Government of Hong Kong]] |date=29 January 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209025551/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202101/29/P2021012900763.htm}}</ref> This restriction disproportionally affects ease of travel for [[South Asians in Hong Kong|permanent residents of Indian, Pakistani, and Nepali ethnicity]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tsang |first1=Emily |last2=Paul |first2=Ethan |date=2 February 2021 |title=Hong Kong BN(O): official rejection of passports leaves many members of ethnic minority communities stranded at home |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3120127/hong-kong-bno-official-rejection-passports-leaves-many |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |access-date=8 February 2021 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209025551/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3120127/hong-kong-bno-official-rejection-passports-leaves-many}}</ref> who were not granted Chinese nationality in 1997. As an additional consequence, Hongkongers seeking early pre-retirement withdrawals from the [[Mandatory Provident Fund]] pension scheme may not use BN(O) passports for identity verification.<ref>{{cite press release |title=MPFA statement |date=10 March 2021 |url=https://www.mpfa.org.hk/en/info-center/press-releases/202103002 |publisher=[[Mandatory Provident Fund]] |access-date=17 May 2021 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310123401/https://www.mpfa.org.hk/en/info-center/press-releases/202103002}}</ref>

====Latvia and Estonia====
Similarly, non-citizens [[Non-citizen (Latvia)|in Latvia]] and [[Estonian nationality law|in Estonia]] are individuals, primarily of Russian or Ukrainian ethnicity, who are not citizens of Latvia or Estonia, but who have settled during the [[Occupation of the Baltic states|Soviet occupation]], and thus have the right to a special non-citizen passport issued by the government as well as some other specific rights. Approximately two thirds of them are [[Russians in Latvia|ethnic Russians]], followed by ethnic Belarusians, ethnic Ukrainians, ethnic Poles and ethnic Lithuanians.<ref name="pmlp.gov.lv">[http://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/assets/documents/statistika/01.01.2015/ISVN_Latvija_pec_TTB_VPD.pdf Population of Latvia by ethnicity and nationality; Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031054711/https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/assets/documents/statistika/01.01.2015/ISVN_Latvija_pec_TTB_VPD.pdf |date=31 October 2019}} 2015 {{in lang|lv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://vvc.gov.lv/export/sites/default/docs/LRTA/Likumi/On_the_Status_of_those_Former_U.S.S.R._Citizens.doc|title=Section 1 and Section 8, Law "On the Status of those Former U.S.S.R. Citizens who do not have the Citizenship of Latvia or that of any Other State"|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174813/http://vvc.gov.lv/export/sites/default/docs/LRTA/Likumi/On_the_Status_of_those_Former_U.S.S.R._Citizens.doc|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> According to the [[UN Special Rapporteur]], the citizenship and naturalization laws in Latvia "are seen by the Russian community as discriminatory practices".<ref name=UNSR>[http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/7session/A.HRC.7.19.Add.3.doc Report on mission to Latvia (2008)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192204/http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/7session/A.HRC.7.19.Add.3.doc |date=2016-03-03 }}, UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance — see Para. 30 and 88</ref> Per [[Visa policy of Russia|Russian visa policy]], holders of the [[Estonian alien's passport]] or the Latvian non-citizen passport are entitled to visa free entry to Russia, in contrast to Estonian and Latvian citizens who must obtain an electronic visa.

===Regional and subnational passports===
====China====
The [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) authorises its [[Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China|Special Administrative Regions]] of [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] to issue passports to their permanent residents with [[Chinese nationality law|Chinese nationality]] under the "[[one country, two systems]]" arrangement. Visa policies imposed by foreign authorities on Hong Kong and Macau permanent residents holding such passports are different from those holding ordinary passports of the People's Republic of China. A [[Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport]] (HKSAR passport) and [[Macau Special Administrative Region passport]] (MSAR passport) gain visa-free access to many more countries than ordinary [[Chinese passport|PRC passports]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aipassportphoto.com/article/visa-free-china-hong-kong-macau|title=Visa-Free Access for PRC, HKSAR and MSAR Passports|website=aipassportphoto.com}}</ref>

On 1 July 2011, the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China]] launched a trial issuance of e-passports for individuals conducting public affairs work overseas on behalf of the Chinese government.<ref name="MFAbiometric">{{cite web |date=1 June 2011 |script-title=zh:中华人民共和国外交部公告 |url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/pds/fw/lsfw/tzgg/t826969.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913110501/http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/pds/fw/lsfw/tzgg/t826969.htm |archive-date=13 September 2011 |access-date=31 August 2011 |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China]] |language=zh}}</ref><ref name="refworld">{{cite web |date=6 May 2013 |title=China: Procedure and requirements to obtain a biometric passport,... |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/527a1b5b4.htm |access-date=12 December 2019 |publisher=Canada. Immigration and Refugee Board |via=UNHCR |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728142605/https://www.refworld.org/docid/527a1b5b4.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The face, fingerprints, and other [[biometric]] features of the passport holder is [[Digitize|digitized]] and stored in pre-installed contactless [[Smart chips|smart chip]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Attends the Launch Ceremony for the Trial Issuance of E-Passports for Public Affairs |url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/t791409.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205102626/http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/t791409.htm |archive-date=5 February 2011 |access-date=15 February 2011 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=因公电子护照31日试点签发 可使持照人快速通关 |url=http://www.china.com.cn/travel/txt/2011-02/01/content_21855650.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707014522/http://www.china.com.cn/travel/txt/2011-02/01/content_21855650.htm |archive-date=7 July 2011 |access-date=15 February 2011 |publisher=中国网}}</ref> along with "the passport owner's name, sex and personal photo as well as the passport's term of validity and [the] digital certificate of the chip".<ref name="canada">{{cite web |date=22 September 2015 |title=Responses to Information Requests: CHN105049.E China: Information on electronic/biometric passports,... |url=https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/pages/attachments/2015/10/22/chn105049.e.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009173927/https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/pages/attachments/2015/10/22/chn105049.e.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2021 |access-date=12 December 2019 |publisher=Canada. Immigration and Refugee Board}}</ref> Ordinary biometric passports were introduced by the [[Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Public Security]] on 15 May 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chinese passports to get chipped |url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-05/04/content_15203762.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921030325/http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-05/04/content_15203762.htm |archive-date=21 September 2018 |access-date=5 May 2012 |publisher=China Daily USA}}</ref> As of January 2015, all new passports issued by China are biometric e-passports, and non-biometric passports are no longer issued.<ref name="canada" />

In 2012, over 38 million Chinese citizens held ordinary passports, comprising only 2.86 percent of the total population at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=3800万中国公民持有普通护照 电子护照正式签发启用 |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-05/15/c_123134110.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414214856/http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-05/15/c_123134110.htm |archive-date=2016-04-14 |access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> In 2014, China issued 16 million passports, ranking first in the world, surpassing the United States (14 million) and India (10 million).<ref>{{cite web |title=India ranks third in issuing passports |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agartala/India-ranks-third-in-issuing-passports/articleshow/50401641.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021741/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agartala/India-ranks-third-in-issuing-passports/articleshow/50401641.cms |archive-date=2016-03-05 |access-date=2016-03-31 |website=Times of India}}</ref> The number of ordinary passports in circulation rose to 120 million by October 2016, which was approximately 8.7 percent of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=国务院关于出境入境管理法执行情况的报告 |url=http://www.mps.gov.cn/n2253534/n2253535/n2253536/c5538068/content.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106061752/http://www.mps.gov.cn/n2253534/n2253535/n2253536/c5538068/content.html |archive-date=2016-11-06 |access-date=2016-11-05}}</ref> As of April 2017 to date, China had issued over 100 million biometric ordinary passports.<ref name="ailvxing1">{{Cite web |title=4月全国启用新号段电子普通护照 你拿到新护照了吗 - 爱旅行网 |url=http://www.ailvxing.com/info-103-24211-0.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034833/http://www.ailvxing.com/info-103-24211-0.html |archive-date=2017-12-01 |access-date=2017-11-19 |website=www.ailvxing.com}}</ref>

====Kingdom of Denmark====
The three constituent countries of the [[Danish Realm]] have a common nationality. [[Denmark|Denmark proper]] is a member of the [[European Union]], but [[Greenland]] and [[Faroe Islands]] are not. Danish citizens residing in Greenland or Faroe Islands can choose between holding a [[Danish passport|Danish EU passport]] and a Greenlandic or Faroese non-EU Danish passport.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danish Passport Processing: Triple Passport Version Verification |url=https://regulaforensics.com/blog/danish-passport-processing/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Regula |language=en}}</ref>

As of 21 September 2022, Danish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 188 countries and territories, thus ranking the Danish passport fifth in the world (tied with the passports of [[Austrian passport|Austria]], [[Dutch passport|the Netherlands]], and [[Swedish passport|Sweden]]) according to the [[Henley Passport Index]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Henley Passport Index 2020 Q1 Infographic Global Ranking |url=https://www.henleypassportindex.com/assets/2020/Q1/HENLEY%20PASSPORT%20INDEX%202020%20Q1%20INFOGRAPHIC%20GLOBAL%20RANKING_191219.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629221622/https://www.henleypassportindex.com/assets/2020/Q1/HENLEY%20PASSPORT%20INDEX%202020%20Q1%20INFOGRAPHIC%20GLOBAL%20RANKING_191219.pdf |archive-date=29 June 2021 |access-date=14 July 2021 |language=English}}</ref> According to the [[World Tourism Organization]] 2016 report, the Danish passport is first in the world (tied with Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Singapore, and the United Kingdom) in terms of travel freedom, with the mobility index of 160 (out of 215 with no visa weighted by 1, visa on arrival weighted by 0.7, eVisa by 0.5 and traditional visa weighted by 0).<ref>{{cite web |title=Visa Openness Report 2016 |url=http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/docpdf/2015visaopennessreportonline.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123123959/http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/docpdf/2015visaopennessreportonline.pdf |archive-date=23 January 2016 |access-date=23 January 2016 |publisher=World Tourism Organization}}</ref>

====Serbian Coordination Directorate Passports in Kosovo====
{{main|Coordination Directorate for Kosovo and Metohija|Serbian passport#Kosovo Residents}}

Under Serbian law, people born or otherwise legally settled in Kosovo{{efn|Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the [[Kosovo|Republic of Kosovo]] and the [[Serbia|Republic of Serbia]]. The Republic of Kosovo [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|unilaterally declared independence]] on 17 February 2008. [[Kosovo–Serbia relations|Serbia continues to claim]] it as part of its [[Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija|own sovereign territory]]. The two governments [[Belgrade–Pristina negotiations|began to normalise relations]] in 2013, as part of the [[Brussels Agreement (2013)|2013 Brussels Agreement]]. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by {{#expr:{{Numrec/Kos|N}}-{{Numrec/Kos|W}}}} out of the {{UNnum}} [[member states of the United Nations|United Nations member states]]. In total, {{Numrec|Kosovo}} UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which {{Numrec|Kosovo|W=Y}} later withdrew their recognition.}} are considered Serbian nationals and as such they are entitled to a Serbian passport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glas-javnosti.rs/clanak/drustvo/glas-javnosti-07-11-2008/albanci-hoce-srpski-pasos|title=Najnovije vesti|date=7 November 2008|website=Glas javnosti}}</ref> However, these passports are not issued directly by the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)|Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs]] but by the Serbian [[Coordination Directorate for Kosovo and Metohija]] instead.<ref name="Koordinaciona Uprava za KiM">{{cite web|url=http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/sadrzaj.nsf/biometrijska-dokumenta-KiM.h|title=Kako do biometrijskih dokumenata ako sam stanovnik Kosova i Metohije?|access-date=2021-11-13|archive-date=2013-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020003211/http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/sadrzaj.nsf/biometrijska-dokumenta-KiM.h|url-status=dead}}</ref> These particular passports do not allow the holder to enter the [[Schengen Area]] without a visa.<ref name="Schengen visa list">{{cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2001R0539:20091219:EN:PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420223321/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2001R0539:20091219:EN:PDF|url-status=dead|title=Consolidated version of Council regulation No. 539/2001, as of 19 December 2009|archive-date=20 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="pasos">{{cite web |title=Putna isprava – Pasoš |url=http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave.h |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110064700/http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave.h |archive-date=10 January 2010 |access-date=19 December 2009 |publisher=Ministry of Internal Affairs |language=sr}}</ref>

As of August 2023, Serbian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 138 countries and territories, ranking the Serbian passport 38th overall in terms of travel freedom according to the [[Henley Passport Index]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index/ranking|title=The Official Passport Index Ranking}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.serbianembassy.jp/SRPSKI/Formulari%20i%20slike/Zakon%20o%20putnim%20ispravama%202007.pdf|title=Law on Travel Documents|access-date=2023-11-21|archive-date=2009-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325061012/http://www.serbianembassy.jp/SRPSKI/Formulari%20i%20slike/Zakon%20o%20putnim%20ispravama%202007.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Serbian passport is one of the 5 passports with the most improved rating globally since 2006, in terms of the number of countries that its holders may visit without a visa.<ref>{{Cite press release |publisher=Henley & Partners |title=The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index Celebrates Ten Years |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-henley--partners-visa-restrictions-index-celebrates-ten-years-530277751.html |via=www.prnewswire.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Izdavanje pasoša u diplomatsko-konzularnim predstavništvima Srbije |url=http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave-dkpredstavnistva.h |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924204315/http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave-dkpredstavnistva.h |archive-date=24 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="design">{{cite web |title=Izgled biometrijskog pasoša |url=http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave-izgled.h |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302050717/http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave-izgled.h |archive-date=2 March 2010 |access-date=19 December 2009 |publisher=Ministry of Internal Affairs |language=sr}}</ref>

====American Samoa====
{{Main|United States nationality law#Nationals}}

Although all U.S. citizens are also U.S. nationals, the reverse is not true.  As specified in {{usc|8|1408}}, a person whose only connection to the United States is through birth in an outlying possession (which is defined in {{usc|8|1101}} as [[American Samoa]] and [[Swains Island]], the latter of which is administered as part of American Samoa), or through descent from a person so born, acquires U.S. nationality but not the citizenship. This was formerly the case in a few other current or former [[U.S. overseas possessions]], i.e. the [[Panama Canal Zone]] and [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]].<ref>In the [[Panama Canal Zone]] only those persons born there prior to January 1, 2000 with at least one parent as an American citizen were recognised as citizens and were both nationals and citizens. Also in the former [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]] the residents were considered nationals and citizens of the Trust Territory and not American nationals.</ref> The [[United States passport|passport]] issued to non-citizen nationals contains the endorsement code 9 which states: "THE BEARER IS A UNITED STATES NATIONAL AND NOT A UNITED STATES CITIZEN." on the annotations page.<ref>{{Cite journal
|url=https://fam.state.gov/fam/08fam/08fam050502.html#M505_2_2
|title=8 FAM 505.2 Passport Endorsements
|journal=U.S. Department of State
|access-date=2018-07-18
}}
</ref> Non-citizen nationals may reside and work in the United States without restrictions, and may apply for citizenship under the same rules as resident aliens. Like resident aliens, they are [[Right of foreigners to vote in the United States|not presently allowed by any U.S. state to vote in federal or state elections]].

===Passports issued by entities without sovereign territory===
{{main|Travel document#Indigenous passports}}
Several entities without a sovereign territory issue documents described as passports, most notably [[Iroquois|Iroquois League]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Question 1|url=http://ezra.cornell.edu/posting.php?timestamp=1065675600|work=Dear Uncle Ezra...|publisher=Cornell University|access-date=15 October 2012|year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/12/sports/putting-tradition-to-the-test.html | work=The New York Times | title=Putting Tradition to the Test | first=William N. | last=Wallace | date=1990-06-12 | access-date=2010-05-21}}</ref> the [[Aboriginal Provisional Government]] in Australia and the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The New e-Passport|url=http://www.bmlv.gv.at/truppendienst/ausgaben/artikel.php?id=433|work=Osterreichs Bundesheer|publisher=Eigentümer und Herausgeber: Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung und Sport|access-date=15 October 2012|language=de, en|date=February 2006}}</ref> Such documents are not necessarily accepted for entry into a country.