.Welcome to world passports web site, i put together lots of photos of passport as one of not many diffrences between countries.
..Passport a formal document or certification
issued by a national government identifying a traveler as
a citizen or national with a right to protection while abroad
and a right to return to the country of his citizenship.
Passports, letters of transit, and similar documents were
used for centuries to allow individuals to travel safely
in foreign lands, but the adoption of the passport by all
nations is a development of the 19th and 20th centuries.
A passport is a small booklet containing a description of
the bearer and an accompanying photograph that can be used
for purposes of identification. Most nations require travelers
entering their borders to obtain a visa, i.e., an endorsement
made on a passport by the proper authorities denoting that
it has been examined and that the bearer may proceed. The
visa permits the traveler to remain in a country for a specified
period of time. By the late 20th century, the demands of
tourism had prompted countries in western Europe to relax
their travel regulations so that travelers could enter them
without visas, or in some cases even without passports...
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