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interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Германски паспорт – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Германски паспорт" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%9Bmeck%C3%BD_cestovn%C3%AD_pas" title="Německý cestovní pas – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Německý cestovní pas" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutscher_Reisepass" title="Deutscher Reisepass – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Deutscher Reisepass" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saksamaa_pass" title="Saksamaa pass – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Saksamaa pass" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasaporte_alem%C3%A1n" title="Pasaporte alemán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Pasaporte alemán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="گذرنامه آلمانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گذرنامه آلمانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passeport_allemand" title="Passeport allemand – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Passeport allemand" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D6%80" title="Գերմանիայի քաղաքացու արտասահմանյան անձնագիր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գերմանիայի քաղաքացու արտասահմանյան անձնագիր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putovnica_Njema%C4%8Dke" title="Putovnica Njemačke – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Putovnica Njemačke" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passaporto_tedesco" title="Passaporto tedesco – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Passaporto tedesco" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasaporta_alman%C3%AE" title="Pasaporta almanî – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Pasaporta almanî" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passaport_todesch" title="Passaport todesch – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Passaport todesch" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%88" title="Германски пасош – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Германски пасош" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaniya_pasporti" title="Germaniya pasporti – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Germaniya pasporti" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passaporte_alem%C3%A3o" title="Passaporte alemão – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Passaporte alemão" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Заграничный паспорт гражданина Германии – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Заграничный паспорт гражданина Германии" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasaporta_e_Gjermanis%C3%AB" title="Pasaporta e Gjermanisë – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Pasaporta e Gjermanisë" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%88_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B5" title="Пасош Немачке – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Пасош Немачке" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paso%C5%A1_Nema%C4%8Dke" title="Pasoš Nemačke – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Pasoš Nemačke" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alman_pasaportu" title="Alman pasaportu – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Alman pasaportu" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Паспорт громадянина Німеччини – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Паспорт громадянина Німеччини" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%B7%E5%9B%BD%E6%8A%A4%E7%85%A7" title="德国护照 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="德国护照" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q566777#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> 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passport">chip</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EPassport_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/EPassport_logo.svg/20px-EPassport_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/EPassport_logo.svg/30px-EPassport_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/EPassport_logo.svg/40px-EPassport_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="117" data-file-height="72" /></a></span>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Passport</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Issued by</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" 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class="infobox-label">Purpose</th><td class="infobox-data">ID</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Eligibility</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/German_nationality_law" title="German nationality law">German citizenship</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Expiration</th><td class="infobox-data">10 years after issuance for individuals aged 24 and above; 6 years for citizens 23 and under.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cost</th><td class="infobox-data">€70 (over 24) / €37.50 (under 24)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>German passport</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">deutscher Reisepass</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references 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issued to nationals of Germany for the purpose of international travel. A German passport is, besides the German <a href="/wiki/German_identity_card" title="German identity card">ID card</a> and the German Emergency Travel Document (called "<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiseausweis_als_Passersatz" class="extiw" title="de:Reiseausweis als Passersatz">Reiseausweis als Passersatz</a>"), the only other officially recognised document that German authorities will routinely accept as <a href="/wiki/Obligation_of_identification" title="Obligation of identification">proof of identity</a> from German citizens. Besides serving as proof of identity and presumption of German nationality, they facilitate the process of securing assistance from German consular officials abroad (or other <a href="/wiki/EU_member" class="mw-redirect" title="EU member">EU members</a> in the case that a German consular facility is absent). German passports are valid for ten years (for people over the age of 23) or six years (for people under the age of 24) and share the standardised layout and <a href="/wiki/Burgundy_red" class="mw-redirect" title="Burgundy red">burgundy red</a> design with other <a href="/wiki/Passports_of_the_European_Union" title="Passports of the European Union">EU passports</a>. Every German citizen is also a <a href="/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizenship of the European Union">citizen of the European Union</a>. The passport, along with the <a href="/wiki/German_identity_card" title="German identity card">national identity card</a>, allows for <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_movement" title="Freedom of movement">free rights of movement and residence</a> in any of the states of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Economic_Area" title="European Economic Area">European Economic Area</a> and <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first passport regulations of what nowadays constitute the present-day territory of Germany were first enacted by the <a href="/wiki/North_German_Confederation" title="North German Confederation">North German Confederation</a> on 12 October 1867.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">interwar period</a> thereafter, supplementary ordinances were issued on the obligation for German citizens to possess a passport.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This determined that a <a href="/wiki/Exit_visa" class="mw-redirect" title="Exit visa">visa was required for entry and exit</a>. Passports issued until the end of 1922 were only valid for one year; they could not be renewed after the introduction of the new model after 1923. The <i>Bekanntmachung zur Ausführung der Paßverordnung</i> as enacted on 4 June 1924<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> stipulated that only the new type in the form of a 15½ x 10½ cm booklet could be used. Entry and exit visas were also abolished. Such passports, which could only be issued to citizens of the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">Reich</a>, were now valid for two years. The fee was set at 5 <a href="/wiki/Reichsmark" title="Reichsmark">ℛ︁ℳ︁</a> in 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They could be extended for a total period of five years, by one year each. Service passports also followed this pattern. However, their covers were green instead of the otherwise used grey covers. Diplomatic and ministerial passports continued to be issued in sheet form until further notice. <a href="/wiki/German_identity_card" title="German identity card">Identity cards</a>, which could also be issued to foreigners who could not obtain a passport in their native countries, were regarded as a full-fledged passport replacement. Such documents were valid for one year and could be extended for another year. The fee was set at 10 <a href="/wiki/Reichsmark" title="Reichsmark">ℛ︁ℳ︁</a> in 1924. These identity cards were also considered to be spiritual predecessors of the <a href="/wiki/Nansen_passport" title="Nansen passport">Nansen passport</a>. </p><p>Between 1933 and 1936, the enactment of foreign exchange restrictions (10 marks of silver as cash) and the <a href="/wiki/Thousand-mark_ban" title="Thousand-mark ban">thousand-mark ban</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Nazi_Germany" title="Government of Nazi Germany">Nazi government</a> effectively constituted exit permits. </p><p>From 1949 until 1950, the issuance of West German passports mainly fell under the authority of the <a href="/wiki/Allied_High_Commission" title="Allied High Commission">Allied High Commission</a> which governed West Germany at that time. On 1 January 1950, the German Office for Entry and Exit Affairs became the main authority for issuing West German passports, although it was still under the control of the Allied High Commission. Only on 1 February 1951 did West Germany gain full rights to issue its own passports independent of the Allied occupying forces.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> West German passports at that time contained a "Job Description" field of the passport holder; this was initially necessary as the Allied occupying forces reserved the right to approve West German citizens obtaining travel visas until 1955. The "Job Description" field was eliminated after a passport regulation change on 12 June 1967. </p><p>In 1980, the biggest passport scandal in the Federal Republic of Germany <small>(<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passf%C3%A4lscherskandal" class="extiw" title="de:Passfälscherskandal">de:Passfälscherskandal</a>)</small> was uncovered when 19 North American ice hockey players were found to have been fraudulently issued with West German passports in order to play in the <i><a href="/wiki/Eishockey-Bundesliga" title="Eishockey-Bundesliga">Eishockey-Bundesliga</a></i>. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Reunification_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Reunification of Germany">reunification of Germany</a> in 1990, residents of the former East Germany were allowed to use valid <a href="/wiki/East_German_passport" title="East German passport">East German passports</a> for overseas travel until 31 December 1995,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after which any such passports with remaining validity were automatically deemed invalid and these people had to apply for and obtain a German passport to travel overseas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Time_of_processing">Time of processing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Time of processing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Processing time for a German passport is usually four to six weeks, but one can be issued in three days by using the Express service if processed before 11 am </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Physical_appearance">Physical appearance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Physical appearance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Passkartentitelseite.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Passkartentitelseite.jpg/220px-Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Passkartentitelseite.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="312" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Passkartentitelseite.jpg/330px-Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Passkartentitelseite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Passkartentitelseite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="402" data-file-height="571" /></a><figcaption>First page of a contemporary German passport (March 2017)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Datenseite_unter_UV-Licht.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Datenseite_unter_UV-Licht.jpg/220px-Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Datenseite_unter_UV-Licht.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Datenseite_unter_UV-Licht.jpg/330px-Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Datenseite_unter_UV-Licht.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Datenseite_unter_UV-Licht.jpg/440px-Mustermann_Reisepass_2017_Datenseite_unter_UV-Licht.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="745" /></a><figcaption>Data page of a contemporary German passport glowing under UV-light irradiation</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reisepass_2017_Innenseite.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Reisepass_2017_Innenseite.jpg/220px-Reisepass_2017_Innenseite.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Reisepass_2017_Innenseite.jpg/330px-Reisepass_2017_Innenseite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Reisepass_2017_Innenseite.jpg/440px-Reisepass_2017_Innenseite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="562" data-file-height="399" /></a><figcaption>Visa section of a contemporary German passport, saying <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/de:Sichtvermerke" class="extiw" title="wikt:de:Sichtvermerke"><i>Sichtvermerke</i></a> and "Visas "in both English and French (March 2017)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mustermann_Reisepass_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Mustermann_Reisepass_2007.jpg/220px-Mustermann_Reisepass_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Mustermann_Reisepass_2007.jpg/330px-Mustermann_Reisepass_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Mustermann_Reisepass_2007.jpg/440px-Mustermann_Reisepass_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="727" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Signature page and data page of a German passport (Pre-March 2017)</figcaption></figure> <p>German passports have, since 1 January 1988, followed the standard <a href="/wiki/European_Union_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="European Union passport">European Union passport</a> design, with <a href="/wiki/Burgundy_red" class="mw-redirect" title="Burgundy red">burgundy red</a> cover and the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany" title="Coat of arms of Germany">German Eagle</a> emblazoned in the centre of the front cover. On 23 February 2017, Germany unveiled a new passport design to be put in use from 1 March 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The words <i>Europäische Union</i> (German for European Union) and <i>Bundesrepublik Deutschland</i> (German for Federal Republic of Germany) are inscribed above the coat of arms. The words <i>"Reisepass"</i> (German for <i>travel passport</i>) and <i>"Passport"</i> and <i>"Passeport"</i> (English and French respectively, printed in a smaller font) appear below. </p><p>German passports are normally 32 pages long; a 48-page version for frequent travellers can be issued on request. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Identity_Information_Page">Identity Information Page</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Identity Information Page"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first two pages of a German passport are security laminated and the second page includes the following data: </p> <ul><li>Photo of passport owner</li> <li>Type of document (P = passport)</li> <li>Code for issuing country (D = Germany)</li> <li>Passport number (9 <a href="/wiki/Alphanumeric" class="mw-redirect" title="Alphanumeric">alphanumeric</a> digits, e.g. C3JJ4789L, chosen from numerals 0–9 and letters C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, T, V, W, X, Y, Z. Thus, "0" denotes the numeral, not the letter "O". The first character is always a letter.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li>Surname</li> <li>Name at birth</li> <li>Given names</li> <li>Date of birth</li> <li>Sex</li> <li>Nationality Deutsch</li> <li>Place of birth</li> <li>Date of issue</li> <li>Date of expiry</li> <li>Authority that issued the passport</li> <li>Owner's signature (_______)</li></ul> <p>The page ends with a 2-line machine readable zone, according to ICAO standard 9303. The country code is not DEU as is the standard country code for Germany (according to <a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3" title="ISO 3166-1 alpha-3">ISO 3166-1 alpha-3</a>), but D. This is the only country/citizen code which does not consist of 3 letters. </p><p>In November 2001, the so-called <i>Identigram</i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged June 2016">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> feature was added – a number of <a href="/wiki/Security_hologram" title="Security hologram">holographic security elements</a>, including a three-dimensional <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany#Current_usage" title="Coat of arms of Germany">eagle</a>, a holographic copy of the holder's picture (the so-called <i>Holographic Shadow Picture</i>), a holographic copy of the machine-readable zone, holographic <a href="/wiki/Microprinting" title="Microprinting">microprinting</a>, and kinematic elements. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Following_page">Following page</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Following page"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following page lists: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hauptwohnsitz" title="Hauptwohnsitz">Residence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_height" title="Human height">Height</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_color" title="Eye color">Colour of eyes</a> (in German language)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_name" title="Religious name">Religious name</a> or pseudonym</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:German_passport_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/German_passport_interior.jpg/220px-German_passport_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/German_passport_interior.jpg/330px-German_passport_interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/German_passport_interior.jpg/440px-German_passport_interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="1009" /></a><figcaption>Interior of a German passport (pre-March 2017, with passport number at the bottom of each page removed)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The data page/information page is printed in German, <a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">English</a>, and French. On the second cover (information page) and Page 2, 4, 5, and 32 or 48 there are all 24 <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union" title="Languages of the European Union">official Languages</a> from the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> which describe the information in other EU languages, for example the <a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a> word for authority is Autoritatea emitentă. (German passport page 4/5 number 9).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Required_documents_to_apply_for_the_passport_(Adult)_outside_Germany"><span id="Required_documents_to_apply_for_the_passport_.28Adult.29_outside_Germany"></span>Required documents to apply for the passport (Adult) outside Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Required documents to apply for the passport (Adult) outside Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Completed application FORM</li> <li>Two identical, biometrically compatible, recent passport photos.</li> <li>The applicant's birth certificate (notarised) with information about the exact place of birth, and one copy thereof.</li> <li>If married, divorced, or widowed, marriage certificate, divorce decree, or death certificate of your spouse, and one copy thereof.</li> <li>In case the applicant's last name in your birth certificate and in your passport is not the same, provide proof on how you changed your name. It might be necessary to make a name declaration.</li> <li>Confirmation of deregistration ("Abmeldebescheinigung") from the German place of residence if it is entered in the current passport as the place of residence, and one copy thereof.</li> <li>Valid residency permit, and one copy thereof.</li> <li>Your driver's license or a utility bill in your name as proof of legal address, and one copy thereof.</li> <li>The applicant's German doctorate certificate if they would like to have your German doctorate degree entered in your passport, and one copy thereof</li> <li>If applicable, German naturalisation document, and one copy thereof</li> <li>If dual citizen, Naturalization Certificate with "Beibehaltungsgenehmigung"</li> <li>Passport fee</li> <li>The applicant's Family Register Extract may be needed.</li> <li>If it is the first time the applicant's apply as an adult you will need your parents' German passports or a Certificate of Nationality <i>("Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis")</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RFID_chip_with_biometric_certificate">RFID chip with biometric certificate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: RFID chip with biometric certificate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 1 November 2005, German passports have had a <a href="/wiki/Contactless_smartcard" class="mw-redirect" title="Contactless smartcard">contactless smartcard</a> (<a href="/wiki/Proximity_card" title="Proximity card">proximity card</a>) chip and 13.56 MHz <a href="/wiki/Loop_antenna" title="Loop antenna">loop antenna</a> embedded into the front cover page,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in accordance with <a href="/wiki/ICAO" class="mw-redirect" title="ICAO">ICAO</a> standards. The chip and antenna are not easily visually recognisable, but their presence is indicated using the <a href="/wiki/ICAO" class="mw-redirect" title="ICAO">ICAO</a> <a href="/wiki/Biometric_passport" title="Biometric passport">biometric passport</a> symbol at the bottom of the front cover. It carries all the data printed in the passport, including a <a href="/wiki/JPEG" title="JPEG">JPEG</a> file of the photo, protected by a <a href="/wiki/Digital_signature" title="Digital signature">digital signature</a>. Germany therefore became only the fifth country in the world (after Malaysia, Thailand, Sweden, and Australia) to introduce biometric passports. </p><p>On 1 November 2007, several changes were made to the passport: </p> <ul><li>Applicants have to provide, in addition to the traditional passport data, scans of two fingerprints, which are added to the chip.</li> <li>The previously 9-digit, all-numeric, sequentially assigned <a href="/wiki/Serial_number" title="Serial number">serial number</a> was replaced with a new alphanumeric <a href="/wiki/Pseudorandom" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudorandom">pseudorandomly</a> assigned higher-<a href="/wiki/Entropy" title="Entropy">entropy</a> serial number, to increase the entropy of the serial number from the previous 35 digits to 45 bits.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This improves the <a href="/wiki/Cryptographic_key" class="mw-redirect" title="Cryptographic key">cryptographic key</a> strength of the <a href="/wiki/Basic_Access_Control" class="mw-redirect" title="Basic Access Control">Basic Access Control</a> mechanism of the RFID chip by 10 bits, which makes a <a href="/wiki/Brute_force_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Brute force attack">brute force attack</a> approximately 1000 times more expensive.</li> <li>The validity period of passports issued to holders under the age of 24 increases from five to six years; older applicants receive a passport valid for ten years.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Different_spellings_of_the_same_name_within_the_same_document">Different spellings of the same name within the same document</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Different spellings of the same name within the same document"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>German names</b>: German names containing umlauts (ä, ö, ü) and/or ß are spelled in the correct way in the non-machine-readable zone of the passport, but with AE, OE, UE, and/or SS in the machine-readable zone, e.g. Müller becomes MUELLER, Groß becomes GROSS, and Gößmann becomes GOESSMANN. The transcription mentioned above is generally used for aircraft tickets etc., but sometimes (like in US visas) also simple vowels are used (MULLER, GOSSMANN), so passport, visa, and aircraft ticket may display different spellings of the same name. The three possible spelling variants of the same name (e.g. Müller / Mueller / Muller) in different documents sometimes lead to confusion, and the use of two different spellings within the same document may give persons unfamiliar with German orthography the impression that the document is a forgery. </p><p><b>Non-German names</b>: In some names of naturalised citizens, some special letters that are not available may always be replaced by simple letters, also in the non-machine-readable zone. The "<i><a href="/wiki/Bundesdruckerei" title="Bundesdruckerei">Bundesdruckerei AG</a>,</i>" which prints the German passports, uses the font <i>LA8 Passport,</i> which includes a Latin subset of the Unicode characters (ISO 10646), so that letters such as ç and ł can be displayed at least in the non-machine-readable passport zone. In the machine-readable zone, special characters are either replaced by simple characters ( e.g., é becomes E) or transcribed according to the ICAO rules (e.g., å becomes AA, ø becomes OE, etc.). </p><p>Names originally written in a non-Latin writing system may pose another problem if there are various internationally recognised transcription standards. </p><p>For example, the Russian surname <b>Горбачёв</b> is transcribed </p> <dl><dd>"Gorba<b>tschow</b>" in German,</dd> <dd>"Gorba<b>chev</b>" in English (also ICAO standard),</dd> <dd>"Gorba<b>tchov</b>" in French,</dd> <dd>"Gorba<b>chov</b>" in Spanish,</dd> <dd>"Gorba<b>czow</b>" in Polish, and so on.</dd></dl> <p>German naming law accepts umlauts and/or ß in family names as a reason for an official name change (even just the change of the spelling, e.g. from Müller to Mueller or from Weiß to Weiss is regarded as a name change). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Issuing_process">Issuing process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Issuing process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>German passports are issued, just like German <a href="/wiki/German_identity_card" title="German identity card">ID cards</a>, by local municipal <a href="/wiki/Registration_office" title="Registration office">registration offices</a>. Applicants have to apply for a new passport in person and the data in newly issued passports is essentially an authenticated copy of the personal data found in locally stored registration documents. Passports are then manufactured centrally at the <a href="/wiki/Bundesdruckerei" title="Bundesdruckerei">Bundesdruckerei</a> in Berlin. </p><p>A German passport (32 pages, delivered within a month, issued to a person 24 years and older) costs €70.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A passport for a person under the age of 24 which has a validity of six years costs €37.50. A 48 pages passport costs a premium of €22, express delivery a premium of €32. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Child's_Passport"><span id="Child.27s_Passport"></span>Child's Passport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Child's Passport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kinderreisepass.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kinderreisepass.jpg/220px-Kinderreisepass.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Kinderreisepass.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="298" data-file-height="425" /></a><figcaption>Front cover of a <i>Kinderreisepass</i></figcaption></figure> <p>A type of passport issued by Germany from 2006 to 2023 was a child passport (in German: Kinderreisepass). Unlike a regular German passport, the Kinderreisepass did not include biometric features and lacks the inscription "European Union" at the top of the front cover. The exclusion of biometric information is due to the ongoing development of infants and young children and the low security risk they pose; nevertheless, the photo used in the passport does have to comply with biometric standards. All other features are similar to those of a regular passport: the burgundy red colour and the German coat of arms printed at the centre of the front cover. Children's passports are issued for children up to twelve years of age and are valid for a period of six years. When a child reaches the age of twelve, a regular passport must be obtained for international travel. </p><p>A child passport had sixteen pages (unlike the regular's 32), of which eleven are designated for stamping and the others are used for a title page, instructions and personal information. The first page featured the words "Child's Passport" in three languages: German, English, and French. </p><p>Unlike a regular passport, the information pages in a Kinderreisepass were not security laminated (yet do have other security features) and have a different format. The information included was more or less the same, with the following differences: The type of passport is PC (Passport for children) instead of P (Passport). As in other passports, the main information page ended with a 2-line machine-readable code, according to ICAO standard 9303. </p><p>A child passport serves just like any other passport, with the exception that it is not biometric (or e-Passport). As a result, travelling to the US, for example, requires a tourist visa in spite of Germany's participation in the United States <a href="/wiki/Visa_Waiver_Program" title="Visa Waiver Program">Visa Waiver Program</a>. Alternatively, infants and children of any age are allowed to obtain a regular German passport (biometric) instead of a child's passport, which nevertheless has the advantages of low cost, short processing times, and being issuable by honorary consuls (making them easier to obtain by German emigrants who live far away from a German embassy or consulate). Just like provisional passports, children's passports are issued without being sent to the Bundesdruckerei GmbH in Berlin, which is the main reason behind these advantages. </p><p>By the end of 2023, the “Kinderreisepass” was abolished and replaced by a standard passport for minors and adults under age of 24 years with limited validity of six years instead of ten.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Holding_a_second_passport">Holding a second passport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Holding a second passport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_German_passport">Second German passport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Second German passport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Germany allows its citizens <i>in exceptional cases</i> to hold more than one valid German passport to circumvent certain travel restrictions. (For example, some Arab countries refuse entry if the passport contains an Israeli stamp; journalists may need several passports when travelling abroad when passports have been sent to consular officials for visas that take a long time to issue.) In extreme cases, up to 10 German passports can be held at the same time. However, these additional passports are valid for only 6 years even if the "original" passport is valid for 10 years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dual_citizenship">Dual citizenship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Dual citizenship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The right to hold both a German passport and a foreign passport at the same time is allowed under the current <a href="/wiki/German_nationality_law" title="German nationality law">German nationality law</a>. Prior to 26 June 2024, dual citizenship was restricted to citizens from other EU countries and Switzerland; dual citizenship was also possible with other countries through special permission or if obtained at birth (for example, one German parent and one foreign parent, or if a child is born to German parents in a <a href="/wiki/Jus_soli" title="Jus soli">jus soli</a> country such as the United States of America or Brazil). Under Article 116 par. 2 of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz), former German citizens who between January 30, 1933, and May 8, 1945, were deprived of their German citizenship on political, racial, or religious grounds may re-invoke their citizenship and the same applies to their descendants, and are permitted to hold dual (or multiple) citizenship.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These prior restrictions were lifted on 26 June 2024. Thereafter, Germans are able to naturalize in other countries without restriction and without risk to their German citizenship, with foreigners allowed to become naturalized Germans without losing their previous citizenship(s), and those born with German citizenship plus at least one other no longer having to choose which to keep in adulthood.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Children born on or after 1 January 2000 to non-German parents acquire German citizenship at birth if at least one parent has a permanent residence permit irrespective of how long the parent was residing in Germany. The children must have lived in Germany for at least eight years or attended school for six years until their 21st birthday. Non-EU- and non-Swiss-citizen parents born and grown up abroad usually cannot have dual citizenship themselves (but exceptions are made for citizens of countries that do not allow the renunciation of citizenship or have too expensive/difficult/humiliating renunciation procedures and for citizens whose citizenship was restored under Article 116 (2)). </p><p>Naturalized Germans can lose their German citizenship if it is found out that they got it by willful deceit/bribery/menacing/giving intentionally false or incomplete information that had been important for the naturalization process if they still possess citizenship of another country. In June 2019, it was decided to prolong the deadline from five to ten years after naturalization. </p><p>A law adopted in June 2019 allows for the revocation of the German citizenship of dual citizens who have joined or supported a terror group such as the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State</a> and are at least 18 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Visa_requirements_for_German_citizens">Visa requirements for German citizens</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Visa requirements for German citizens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_German_citizens" title="Visa requirements for German citizens">Visa requirements for German citizens</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Visa_requirements_for_German_citizens.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Visa_requirements_for_German_citizens.svg/450px-Visa_requirements_for_German_citizens.svg.png" decoding="async" width="450" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Visa_requirements_for_German_citizens.svg/675px-Visa_requirements_for_German_citizens.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Visa_requirements_for_German_citizens.svg/900px-Visa_requirements_for_German_citizens.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2754" data-file-height="1398" /></a><figcaption><b>Visa requirements for German citizens</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#002377; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1191E5; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Free_Movement_Directive" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Movement Directive">Freedom of movement</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#22B14C; color:black;"> </span> Visa not required / <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Travel_Authorisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Travel Authorisation">ETA</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#B5E61D; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Travel_visa#On-arrival_visas" title="Travel visa">Visa on arrival</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#61C7A1; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Electronic_visa" title="Electronic visa">eVisa</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#79D343; color:black;"> </span> Visa available both <a href="/wiki/Travel_visa#On-arrival_visas" title="Travel visa">on arrival</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Electronic_visas" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic visas">online</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C0C0C0; color:black;"> </span> Visa required prior to arrival</div> </figcaption></figure> <p>Visa requirements for German citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Germany. As of 9 January 2024, German citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 194 countries and territories. Ranking the German passport 1st in terms of travel freedom (tied with the passports of <a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_French_citizens" title="Visa requirements for French citizens">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Italian_citizens" title="Visa requirements for Italian citizens">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Japanese_citizens" title="Visa requirements for Japanese citizens">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Singaporean_citizens" class="mw-redirect" title="Visa requirements for Singaporean citizens">Singapore</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Spanish_citizens" title="Visa requirements for Spanish citizens">Spain</a>), and tied with the greatest access of all <a href="/wiki/European_Union#Member_states" title="European Union">European Union</a> member states along with France, Italy, and Spain, according to the <a href="/wiki/Henley_Passport_Index" title="Henley Passport Index">Henley Passport Index</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>German citizens can live and work in any country within the EU as a result of the right of free movement and residence granted in <a href="/wiki/Treaties_of_the_European_Union" title="Treaties of the European Union">Article 21 of the EU Treaty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery_of_German_passports">Gallery of German passports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Gallery of German passports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Personalausweis-Nansenpa%C3%9Fvorl%C3%A4ufer_DtReich_Muster_1922-4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1922–24 German "Personalausweis als Paßersatz", primarily but not exclusively issued to stateless Russian refugees"><img alt="1922–24 German "Personalausweis als Paßersatz", primarily but not exclusively issued to stateless Russian refugees" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Personalausweis-Nansenpa%C3%9Fvorl%C3%A4ufer_DtReich_Muster_1922-4.jpg/95px-Personalausweis-Nansenpa%C3%9Fvorl%C3%A4ufer_DtReich_Muster_1922-4.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Personalausweis-Nansenpa%C3%9Fvorl%C3%A4ufer_DtReich_Muster_1922-4.jpg/143px-Personalausweis-Nansenpa%C3%9Fvorl%C3%A4ufer_DtReich_Muster_1922-4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Personalausweis-Nansenpa%C3%9Fvorl%C3%A4ufer_DtReich_Muster_1922-4.jpg/190px-Personalausweis-Nansenpa%C3%9Fvorl%C3%A4ufer_DtReich_Muster_1922-4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1690" data-file-height="2132" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1922–24 German <i>"Personalausweis als Paßersatz"</i>, primarily but not exclusively issued to stateless Russian refugees</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1927_German_Ministerialpass.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1927 German Ministerialpass issued to Dr. Fritz Norden"><img alt="1927 German Ministerialpass issued to Dr. Fritz Norden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/1927_German_Ministerialpass.jpg/87px-1927_German_Ministerialpass.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/1927_German_Ministerialpass.jpg/130px-1927_German_Ministerialpass.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/1927_German_Ministerialpass.jpg/174px-1927_German_Ministerialpass.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1450" data-file-height="2004" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1927 German Ministerialpass issued to Dr. Fritz Norden</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_fremdenpass.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1940s issued German temporary alien's passport ("Vorläufiger Fremdenpass")"><img alt="1940s issued German temporary alien's passport ("Vorläufiger Fremdenpass")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_fremdenpass.jpg/86px-Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_fremdenpass.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_fremdenpass.jpg/128px-Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_fremdenpass.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_fremdenpass.jpg/171px-Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_fremdenpass.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1242" data-file-height="1740" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1940s issued German temporary alien's passport (<i>"Vorläufiger Fremdenpass"</i>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1944_issued_German_service_passport_for_use_by_an_official_abroad.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1944 issued German service passport for use by an official abroad"><img alt="1944 issued German service passport for use by an official abroad" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/1944_issued_German_service_passport_for_use_by_an_official_abroad.jpg/82px-1944_issued_German_service_passport_for_use_by_an_official_abroad.jpg" decoding="async" width="82" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/1944_issued_German_service_passport_for_use_by_an_official_abroad.jpg/122px-1944_issued_German_service_passport_for_use_by_an_official_abroad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/1944_issued_German_service_passport_for_use_by_an_official_abroad.jpg/163px-1944_issued_German_service_passport_for_use_by_an_official_abroad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="657" data-file-height="965" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1944 issued German service passport for use by an official abroad</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Passport_of_Horst_Frossl,_aged_15,_by_the_German_consulate_in_Shanghai_(issued_on_4_May_1945)_01.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1945 issued German regular passport"><img alt="1945 issued German regular passport" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Passport_of_Horst_Frossl%2C_aged_15%2C_by_the_German_consulate_in_Shanghai_%28issued_on_4_May_1945%29_01.png/120px-Passport_of_Horst_Frossl%2C_aged_15%2C_by_the_German_consulate_in_Shanghai_%28issued_on_4_May_1945%29_01.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Passport_of_Horst_Frossl%2C_aged_15%2C_by_the_German_consulate_in_Shanghai_%28issued_on_4_May_1945%29_01.png/180px-Passport_of_Horst_Frossl%2C_aged_15%2C_by_the_German_consulate_in_Shanghai_%28issued_on_4_May_1945%29_01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Passport_of_Horst_Frossl%2C_aged_15%2C_by_the_German_consulate_in_Shanghai_%28issued_on_4_May_1945%29_01.png/240px-Passport_of_Horst_Frossl%2C_aged_15%2C_by_the_German_consulate_in_Shanghai_%28issued_on_4_May_1945%29_01.png 2x" data-file-width="1517" data-file-height="1060" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1945 issued German regular passport</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1950_Allied_Military_Government_issued_German_passport_for_stateless_%26_undefined_persons.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1950 Allied Military Government issued temporary German passport for stateless & undefined persons"><img alt="1950 Allied Military Government issued temporary German passport for stateless & undefined persons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/1950_Allied_Military_Government_issued_German_passport_for_stateless_%26_undefined_persons.jpg/81px-1950_Allied_Military_Government_issued_German_passport_for_stateless_%26_undefined_persons.jpg" decoding="async" width="81" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/1950_Allied_Military_Government_issued_German_passport_for_stateless_%26_undefined_persons.jpg/122px-1950_Allied_Military_Government_issued_German_passport_for_stateless_%26_undefined_persons.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/1950_Allied_Military_Government_issued_German_passport_for_stateless_%26_undefined_persons.jpg/162px-1950_Allied_Military_Government_issued_German_passport_for_stateless_%26_undefined_persons.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1196" data-file-height="1765" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1950 Allied Military Government issued temporary German passport for stateless & undefined persons</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_German_passport.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Front cover of a West German passport issued in 1982"><img alt="Front cover of a West German passport issued in 1982" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Old_German_passport.jpg/87px-Old_German_passport.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Old_German_passport.jpg/130px-Old_German_passport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Old_German_passport.jpg/174px-Old_German_passport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="824" data-file-height="1136" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Front cover of a West German passport issued in 1982</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:German_passport_European_Community.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Front cover of a machine-readable, non-biometric German passport (with "European Community" wording on top) issued from 1988 until the early-2000s"><img alt="Front cover of a machine-readable, non-biometric German passport (with "European Community" wording on top) issued from 1988 until the early-2000s" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/German_passport_European_Community.jpg/86px-German_passport_European_Community.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/German_passport_European_Community.jpg/130px-German_passport_European_Community.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/German_passport_European_Community.jpg/173px-German_passport_European_Community.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Front cover of a machine-readable, non-biometric German passport (with "<a href="/wiki/European_Communities" title="European Communities">European Community</a>" wording on top) issued from 1988 until the early-2000s</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Reisepass.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Front cover of a machine-readable, non-biometric German EU passport issued from the early-2000s until November 2005"><img alt="Front cover of a machine-readable, non-biometric German EU passport issued from the early-2000s until November 2005" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Reisepass.jpg/92px-Reisepass.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Reisepass.jpg/138px-Reisepass.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Reisepass.jpg/184px-Reisepass.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1334" data-file-height="1736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Front cover of a machine-readable, non-biometric German EU passport issued from the early-2000s until November 2005</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_deutscher_Reisepass_-_gr%C3%BCn.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Provisional German passport issued in exceptional circumstances ("Vorläufiger Reisepass")"><img alt="Provisional German passport issued in exceptional circumstances ("Vorläufiger Reisepass")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_deutscher_Reisepass_-_gr%C3%BCn.jpg/83px-Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_deutscher_Reisepass_-_gr%C3%BCn.jpg" decoding="async" width="83" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_deutscher_Reisepass_-_gr%C3%BCn.jpg/124px-Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_deutscher_Reisepass_-_gr%C3%BCn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_deutscher_Reisepass_-_gr%C3%BCn.jpg/166px-Vorl%C3%A4ufiger_deutscher_Reisepass_-_gr%C3%BCn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1035" data-file-height="1499" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Provisional German passport issued in exceptional circumstances (<i>"Vorläufiger Reisepass"</i>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:German_Passport_Refugee_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Refugee Convention travel document 2017"><img alt="Refugee Convention travel document 2017" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/German_Passport_Refugee_2017.jpg/85px-German_Passport_Refugee_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/German_Passport_Refugee_2017.jpg/127px-German_Passport_Refugee_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/German_Passport_Refugee_2017.jpg/170px-German_Passport_Refugee_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="523" data-file-height="738" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugees" title="Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees">Refugee Convention</a> <a href="/wiki/Refugee_travel_document" title="Refugee travel document">travel document</a> 2017</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Biometrie_reisepass_deutsch.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Front cover of a machine-readable, biometric German EU passport issued from 2005 until 2017"><img alt="Front cover of a machine-readable, biometric German EU passport issued from 2005 until 2017" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Biometrie_reisepass_deutsch.jpg/86px-Biometrie_reisepass_deutsch.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Biometrie_reisepass_deutsch.jpg/129px-Biometrie_reisepass_deutsch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Biometrie_reisepass_deutsch.jpg/172px-Biometrie_reisepass_deutsch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1392" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Front cover of a machine-readable, biometric German EU passport issued from 2005 until 2017</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_German_passport" title="East German passport">East German passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_identity_card" title="German identity card">German identity card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passports_of_the_European_Union" title="Passports of the European Union">Passports of the European Union</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References_and_notes">References and notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References and notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_passport&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/passv_2007/__15.html">§ 15 Gebühren</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bundesgesetzblatt des Norddeutschen Bundes, p. 33.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">21 June 1916, <a href="/wiki/Reichsgesetzblatt" title="Reichsgesetzblatt">Reichsgesetzblatt</a> (RGBl). p. 599; 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I, S. 613, zur Verordnung 1916. Ergänzt durch Verfügung des Preußischen Ministers des Inneren vom 22. September 1924, IV E 564.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Verordnung über die Ausfertigung von Pässen ..., 27. Juni 1924, RGBl. I, S. 657. Geändert durch die Paßgebührenverordnung vom 28. Juni 1932, RGBl. I, S. 341.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ausstellung von Pässen, Mitteilung des BmdI vom 14. 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title="Angolan passport">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Antigua and Barbuda passport">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_passport" title="Argentine passport">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_passport" title="Armenian passport">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_passport" title="Australian passport">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_passport" title="Austrian passport">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_passport" title="Azerbaijani passport">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahamian_passport" title="Bahamian passport">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahraini_passport" title="Bahraini passport">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_passport" title="Bangladeshi passport">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbados_passport" title="Barbados passport">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_passport" title="Belarusian passport">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_passport" title="Belgian passport">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belizean_passport" title="Belizean passport">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beninese_passport" title="Beninese passport">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutanese_passport" title="Bhutanese passport">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_passport" title="Bolivian passport">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_passport" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina passport">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_passport" title="Botswana passport">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_passport" title="Brazilian passport">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruneian_passport" title="Bruneian passport">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_passport" title="Bulgarian passport">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burkinab%C3%A9_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Burkinabé passport">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burundian_passport" title="Burundian passport">Burundi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0emgr">C</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cambodian_passport" title="Cambodian passport">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameroonian_passport" title="Cameroonian passport">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_passport" title="Canadian passport">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_passport" title="Cape Verdean passport">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Central African Republic passport">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadian_passport" title="Chadian passport">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_passport" title="Chilean passport">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_passport" title="Chinese passport">China, People's Republic of</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Special_Administrative_Region_passport" title="Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macao_Special_Administrative_Region_passport" title="Macao Special Administrative Region passport">Macau</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_passport" title="Colombian passport">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comorian_passport" title="Comorian passport">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_passport" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo passport">Congo, Democratic Republic of the</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_passport" title="Republic of the Congo passport">Congo, Republic of the</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costa_Rican_passport" title="Costa Rican passport">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_passport" title="Croatian passport">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_passport" title="Cuban passport">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_passport" title="Cypriot passport">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_passport" title="Czech passport">Czech Republic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0emgr">D–F</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danish_passport" title="Danish passport">Denmark</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Faroese_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Faroese passport">Faroe Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenlandic_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenlandic passport">Greenland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djiboutian_passport" title="Djiboutian passport">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominica_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominica passport">Dominica, Commonwealth of</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic_passport" title="Dominican Republic passport">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Timorese_passport" title="East Timorese passport">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_passport" title="Ecuadorian passport">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_passport" title="Egyptian passport">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvadoran_passport" title="Salvadoran passport">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinean_passport" title="Equatorial Guinean passport">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_passport" title="Eritrean passport">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_passport" title="Estonian passport">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swazi_passport" title="Swazi passport">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_passport" title="Ethiopian passport">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fijian_passport" title="Fijian passport">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_passport" title="Finnish passport">Finland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%85land_Islands_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Åland Islands passport">Åland Islands</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_passport" title="French passport">France</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0emgr">G–K</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gabonese_passport" title="Gabonese passport">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambian_passport" title="Gambian passport">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_passport" title="Georgian passport">Georgia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanaian_passport" title="Ghanaian passport">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_passport" title="Greek passport">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenadian_passport" title="Grenadian passport">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guatemalan_passport" title="Guatemalan passport">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinean_passport" title="Guinean passport">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau_passport" title="Guinea-Bissau passport">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyanese_passport" title="Guyanese passport">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haitian_passport" title="Haitian passport">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduran_passport" title="Honduran passport">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_passport" title="Hungarian passport">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_passport" title="Icelandic passport">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_passport" title="Indian passport">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_passport" title="Indonesian passport">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_passport" title="Iranian passport">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_passport" title="Iraqi passport">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_passport" title="Irish passport">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_passport" title="Israeli passport">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_passport" title="Italian passport">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivorian_passport" title="Ivorian passport">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_passport" title="Jamaican passport">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_passport" title="Japanese passport">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordanian_passport" title="Jordanian passport">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstani_passport" title="Kazakhstani passport">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenyan_passport" title="Kenyan passport">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiribati_passport" title="Kiribati passport">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_passport" title="Kuwaiti passport">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstani_passport" title="Kyrgyzstani passport">Kyrgyzstan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0emgr">L–M</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laotian_passport" title="Laotian passport">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_passport" title="Latvian passport">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_passport" title="Lebanese passport">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_passport" title="Lesotho passport">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberian_passport" title="Liberian passport">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_passport" title="Libyan passport">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_passport" title="Liechtenstein passport">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_passport" title="Lithuanian passport">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxembourg passport">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_passport" title="Malagasy passport">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawian_passport" title="Malawian passport">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_passport" title="Malaysian passport">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldivian_passport" title="Maldivian passport">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malian_passport" title="Malian passport">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_passport" title="Maltese passport">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshallese_passport" title="Marshallese passport">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritanian_passport" title="Mauritanian passport">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritian_passport" title="Mauritian passport">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_passport" title="Mexican passport">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micronesian_passport" title="Micronesian passport">Micronesia, Federated States of</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldovan_passport" title="Moldovan passport">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mon%C3%A9gasque_passport" title="Monégasque passport">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_passport" title="Mongolian passport">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegrin_passport" title="Montenegrin passport">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_passport" title="Moroccan passport">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambican_passport" title="Mozambican passport">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_passport" title="Myanmar passport">Myanmar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0emgr">N–R</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Namibian_passport" title="Namibian passport">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nauruan_passport" title="Nauruan passport">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_passport" title="Nepalese passport">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_passport" title="Dutch passport">Netherlands, Kingdom of the</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_passport" title="New Zealand passport">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaraguan_passport" title="Nicaraguan passport">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerien_passport" title="Nigerien passport">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_passport" title="Nigerian passport">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korean_passport" title="North Korean passport">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonian_passport" title="North Macedonian passport">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_passport" title="Norwegian passport">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omani_passport" title="Omani passport">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_passport" title="Pakistani passport">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palauan_passport" title="Palauan passport">Palau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamanian_passport" title="Panamanian passport">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinean_passport" title="Papua New Guinean passport">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_passport" title="Paraguayan passport">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_passport" title="Peruvian passport">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_passport" title="Philippine passport">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_passport" title="Polish passport">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_passport" title="Portuguese passport">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatari_passport" title="Qatari passport">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_passport" title="Romanian passport">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_passport" title="Russian passport">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwandan_passport" title="Rwandan passport">Rwanda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0emgr">S</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_passport" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis passport">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucian_passport" title="Saint Lucian passport">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_passport" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines passport">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoan_passport" title="Samoan passport">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marino_passport" title="San Marino passport">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santomean_passport" title="Santomean passport">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian passport">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegalese_passport" title="Senegalese passport">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_passport" title="Serbian passport">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychellois_passport" title="Seychellois passport">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leonean_passport" title="Sierra Leonean passport">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singaporean_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Singaporean passport">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_passport" title="Slovak passport">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_passport" title="Slovenian passport">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_passport" title="Solomon Islands passport">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_passport" title="Somali passport">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_passport" title="South African passport">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korean_passport" title="South Korean passport">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sudanese_passport" title="South Sudanese passport">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_passport" title="Spanish passport">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_passport" title="Sri Lankan passport">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudanese_passport" title="Sudanese passport">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surinamese_passport" title="Surinamese passport">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_passport" title="Swedish passport">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_passport" title="Swiss passport">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_passport" title="Syrian passport">Syria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0emgr">T–Z</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tajik_passport" title="Tajik passport">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzanian_passport" title="Tanzanian passport">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_passport" title="Thai passport">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togolese_passport" title="Togolese passport">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongan_passport" title="Tongan passport">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_passport" title="Trinidad and Tobago passport">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_passport" title="Tunisian passport">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_passport" title="Turkish passport">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkmen_passport" title="Turkmen passport">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvaluan_passport" title="Tuvaluan passport">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugandan_passport" title="Ugandan passport">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_passport" title="Ukrainian passport">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_passport" title="Emirati passport">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_passport" title="British passport">United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:British_passports_issued_to_British_Overseas_Territories_Citizens" title="Category:British passports issued to British Overseas Territories Citizens">British Overseas Territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_National_(Overseas)_passport" title="British National (Overseas) passport">BN(O)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guernsey_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Guernsey passport">Guernsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Isle of Man passport">Isle of Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Jersey passport">Jersey</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_passport" title="United States passport">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_passport" title="Uruguayan passport">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_passport" title="Uzbekistan passport">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanuatu_passport" title="Vanuatu passport">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_passport" title="Venezuelan passport">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_passport" title="Vietnamese passport">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_passport" title="Yemeni passport">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambian_passport" title="Zambian passport">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwean_passport" title="Zimbabwean passport">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Other_entities" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other entities</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0em">UN observer states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Authority_passport" title="Palestinian Authority passport">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City_and_Holy_See_passports" title="Vatican City and Holy See passports">Holy See</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0em">Other sovereign entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta_passport" title="Sovereign Military Order of Malta passport">Sovereign Military Order of Malta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0em">Sovereignty disputed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abkhazian_passport" title="Abkhazian passport">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passport_of_Kosovo" title="Passport of Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a 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