Travel document
The most common form of travel document is the passport, a booklet-form identity document issued by national authorities or the governments of certain subnational territories[a] containing an individual's personal information as well as space for the authorities of other jurisdictions to affix stamps, visas, or other permits authorising the bearer to enter, reside, or travel within their territory.Certain jurisdictions permit individuals to clear border controls using identity cards, which typically contain similar personal information.Travel documents may be requested in other circumstances to confirm identification such as checking into a hotel or when changing money to a local currency.[6][7][8][9][10] For immigration control, officials of many countries affix entry and exit stamps to booklet format travel documents.For example, in the United Kingdom, an immigration stamp in a passport includes the formal leave to enter granted to a person subject to entry control.Member states of the European Union are not permitted to place a stamp in the passport of a person who is not subject to immigration control.The application is intended to eventually replace the Carte Jaune and to facilitate the verification of vaccination for Yellow Fever and other diseases prescribed by border control policies in various countries.[23][24][25] Various indigenous nations in the Americas, as well as the Aboriginal Provisional Government in Australia, issue passports to their citizens as an assertion of sovereignty symbolically rejecting the legitimacy of settler authorities.[47] As with national passports, some countries and regions accept it for entry without the need for a visa (e.g., Turkmenistan,[48] Kenya, the United Kingdom, Schengen Area, Lebanon, etc.They are intended to reduce response times for personnel deployed to assist with transnational criminal investigations, major events or emergency situations by waiving normal visa requirements.In Western Europe, travel using identity cards is relatively common for citizens of the European Economic Area and adjacent territories.As a standalone document, the BCC allows its holder to visit border areas[f] when entering by land or sea directly from Mexico for up to 30 days[54][55] and, when presented with a valid Mexican passport, functions as a B1/B2 visa for entry to any part of the United States by any means of transportation.Mercosur citizens can travel visa-free and only with their ID cards between the member and associated countries (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina).The American "Green Card", on its own or in conjunction with a passport, is valid for international travel albeit not to the same extent as the re-entry permit.For instance, mainland China maintains a simplified visa regime for holders of certain countries' seafarers' identity documents travelling on duty.A certificate of identity is a travel document issued by a country to non-citizens (also called aliens) residing within their borders who are stateless persons or otherwise unable to obtain a passport from their state of nationality (generally refugees).Their cover bears the words "Travel Document" in English and French (and often in the language of the issuing state), as well as the date of the convention: 28 July 1951.The documents were originally grey, though some countries now issue them in other colours, with two diagonal lines in the upper left corner of the front cover.The Indian government issues non-convention certificates of identity to members of the large Tibetan exile community and to other stateless residents of India.[74] Individuals holding such travel documents may face greater scrutiny by border control officers overseas as well as ineligibility for visa free entry to certain jurisdictions.The effect is to drastically speed up and simplify travel with and transport of animals between member countries, compared to previous procedures if the regulations are followed.It contains the microchip or the tattoo number of the animal, the certification that it has had a rabies vaccination, and needs to be signed by an officially approved veterinarian.[77][78] The passport is not to be confused with a much smaller folder (sometimes purple coloured), routinely issued by vets,[79] which records the complete vaccination history of the pet.Additionally, individuals arriving in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from elsewhere in India receive passport stamps (see gallery at end of section), even though only foreigners are typically subject to permit requirements.Permits issued for minority regions in India include: Similarly, in the Tibet Autonomous Region (Tibetan: བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།; Chinese: 西藏自治区), two categories of permits are issued: Internal air and rail travel within non-autonomous portions of India and mainland China also generally require travel documents to be checked by government officials as a form of interior border checkpoint.The following documents are currently issued for this purpose: In Malaysia, where an arrangement was agreed upon during the formation of the country, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak were allowed to retain their respective immigration control systems.For social/business visits not more than 3 months, Peninsular Malaysians are required to produce a MyKad or, for children below 12 years a birth certificate, and obtain a special immigration printout form to be kept until departure.Residents of nine coastal villages in Papua New Guinea are permitted to enter the 'Protected Zone' of the Torres Strait (part of Queensland, Australia) for traditional purposes.It is, however, mandatory to carry a passport, compliant national identity card, alien's resident permit or some other photo ID.2 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.
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