Yemeni passport

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Yemeni passport
The front cover of a contemporary Yemeni passport.
TypePassport
Issued by Yemen
PurposeIdentification
EligibilityYemeni citizenship

A Yemeni passport is a government document used by citizens of Yemen for international travel.[1] Yemeni passports are issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Ministry of the Interior, and by some Yemeni consulates and embassies around the world. [2]

Yemeni passports are typically 42 pages long and have a dark blue cover inscribed with the Emblem of Yemen (and the words "Republic of Yemen" and "Passport" in English and Arabic). As Arabic is a right-to-left script, the passport pages read from right to left.

Page content

The first page of the passport provides the Identity of the passport holder in Arabic as well as English. On the left of the Identity page is a picture of the passport holder and other information on the Identity page includes:

  • Passport number
  • Country code
  • Type
  • Full name
  • Family name
  • Place of birth
  • Date of birth
  • Gender
  • Occupation
  • Issuer
  • Date of issue
  • Expiration date
  • Barcode
  • Codes for machine reading

Other details about the passport of Yemen are:

  • Passports issued by the Republic of Yemen in the interest of Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Ministry of the Interior, its subsidiaries, diplomatic missions, and consulates.
  • The passport is valid for six years after the date of issue.

The passport of an individual should not be held by others who are not entitled to possess it. Any loss or theft of the passport should immediately reported to the concerned authority.

The title page of the passport holder and details of relatives who are in the Republic of Yemen.

The passport contains a further two pages of notes, four pages of additions and 32 pages for visas.

Notes

Passports contain the details of the issuer that is shown to the authorities of all other nations, and identify the bearer as a citizen in the issuing country. A passport includes the demand to allow the holder to pass, and be treated in accordance with international standards. Those observations in the Yemeni passports are printed in English and Arabic:

The Foreign Minister requests relevant parties to allow the bearer of this passport to pass freely and also to assist their party in case of difficulties.

Security tags

There are many security tags found in the Yemeni passport to prevent fraud. Security tags are located in the first paper. The Barcode and two-dimensional watermark are located in another. The passport, when exposed to light, shows a map of Yemen at the top of the image and the country's logo at it's middle.

When exposed to light, the passport page number, written in Arabic and English, is visible at the top of the sheet on both the sides. The edge of the paper contains a silver stripe flag of the nation repeated 10 times and the word 'Yemen' written in Arabic and English. The emblem of the nation is printed three times in the middle.

Visa requirements

Countries and territories with visa-free or visa on arrival entry for holders of regular Yemeni passports

In 2016, Yemeni citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival type of access to 38 countries and territories. This ranked the Yemeni passport 97th worldwide according to the Visa Restrictions Index.

On January 27, 2017, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting all refugee admissions from seven countries, including Yemen. This order is currently being upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States Of America.

See also

References

  1. ^ Passport, Yemen Embassy, United States]
  2. ^ Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, Canada For example, the Consulate in Ottawa does not issue or renew passports.

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