Serbian passport
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 The front cover of a contemporary Serbian biometric passport.
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 Identity page of the Serbian passport
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| Date first issued | 7 July 2008 (biometric passport booklet) |
| Issued by |  Serbia |
| Type of document | Passport |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility requirements | Serbian citizenship |
| Expiration | 10 years after acquisition for adults; 5 years if issued to a person between 3 and 14 years of age; 3 years for person under 3 years old |
Serbian passports are issued to Serbian citizens at any age, and it is the primary document of international travel issued by Serbia.
Passports are issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs or, if the citizen resides abroad, at the embassy. Besides serving as proof of identity and of citizenship, they facilitate the process of securing assistance from Serbian consular officials abroad, if needed. Citizens can not have multiple Serbian passports at the same time.
Serbian biometric passports were introduced on 7 July 2008.
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[edit] Appearance
[edit] Design
Current passports are issued in accordance with the "Law on Travel Documents" from 2007.[1] Serbian passports have a burgundy red cover, in line with the EU standard, and have two inscriptions in golden letters - РЕПУБЛИКА СРБИЈА (Republic of Serbia) at the top and ПАСОШ (Passport) at the bottom divided by the coat of arms. The biometric passport symbol, alerting to the presence of a RFID chip inside the document, is at the very bottom of the cover page. The inside cover features the Serbian coat of arms in navy blue ink, while the first page contains the name of the country and the word passport in three languages - Serbian (Cyrillic script), English, and French. The inside back cover contains information on consular assistance in the three aforementioned languages.[2]
[edit] Identity information page
The Serbian passport includes the following data:
- Type ('P' - Passport)
- Code for issuing country (SRB - Serbia)
- Passport serial number
- Name of bearer
- Nationality (Srpsko (Serbian))
- Date of birth (DD.MM.YYYY)
- National identity number (JMBG)
- Sex
- Place of birth
- Place of residence
- Issuing office
- Date of issue (DD.MM.YYYY)
- Date of expiry (DD.MM.YYYY)
- Signature and photo of bearer
The identity page also contains the RFID chip.
[edit] Languages
The data page is printed in Serbian (Cyrillic script), English and French, while the personal data is entered in Serbian (Latin script).
[edit] Visa pages
The passport contains further 32 pages suitable for visas and border stamps. They feature a range of light colors, predominantly red, green, yellow and blue, and have the Serbian coat of arms in the middle. They are perforated with the passport's serial number on the bottom, and have watermarks with page numbers.
[edit] Types
Passports that can be issued are[3]:
- An ordinary passport is issued to all citizens.
- A diplomatic passport is issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to diplomats, high-ranking officials, members of the parliament and persons traveling on official state business, as well as to immediate family members of the above.
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- Validity is determined by the nature of the position held - diplomats and officials will usually receive the passport covering their mandate in office.
- An official passport is identical in all aspects to the diplomatic passport, but lacks the privileges of diplomatic immunity. It is issued to mid and low-ranking officials, as well as to non-diplomatic staff at the embassies and consulates.
- In case of loss of a passport abroad, an emergency travel document is issued by the consulate, which is used by citizens of Serbia to return to the country.
- A seaman's book is also considered a travel document.
[edit] Visa requirement for Serbian citizens
More details: Visa requirements for Serbian citizens
Holders of a Serbian passport may travel without a visa, or with a visa received upon arrival, to about 120 countries.[5]
[edit] Kosovo
Inhabitants of Kosovo have the right to apply for a Serbian passport.[6] They are issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate and allow the holder to enter the Schengen Area without a visa. Serbia does not recognize the validity of the Kosovan passport.[7]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Law on Travel Documents
- ^ "Izgled biometrijskog pasoša" (in Serbian). Ministry of Internal Affairs. http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave-izgled.h. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "Putna isprava – Pasoš" (in Serbian). Ministry of Internal Affairs. http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave.h. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ Izdavanje pasoša u diplomatsko-konzularnim predstavništvima Srbije
- ^ Countries into which Serbian nationals may enter without a visa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- ^ Albanci hoće srpski pasoš
- ^ Srbija ne priznaje kosovske pasoše
