Sahrawi passports are
passports issued to
citizens of the
Sahrawi Republic. They are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Interior, and launched by National Centre of Documents Production.
Sahrawi passport booklets are valid for travel by Sahrawi citizens to the countries that recognized the Sahrawi Republic, although travel to certain countries and/or for certain purposes may require a
visa
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** Visa Debit card issued by the above company
** Visa Electron, a debit card
** Visa Plus, an interbank network
*Travel visa, a document that allows ...
. They conform with recommended standards of the
International Civil Aviation Organization
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(ICAO). There are more types of passport booklets; as well, SADR issued
biometric passport
A biometric passport (also known as an e-passport or a digital passport) is a traditional passport that has an embedded electronic microprocessor chip which contains biometric information that can be used to authenticate the identity of the pa ...
s as standard since September 2012.
Types of passports
Sahrawi passports are plain and diplomatic. They have red, blue and green cover.
Biometric passport
Plans had been adopted to prepare and issue the new Sahrawi passport before December 2011.
Production of the first Saharawi biometric passport was launched 8 September 2012 under Presidential Decree 11/2012. The new biometric passport contains an electronic chip with information about the holder, including a digitized photograph, fingerprints and signature. The Minister of Interior Mr. Hamada Salma said that new passport with the high digital technology "has two security codes; one contains information of the passport’s holder, whereas the second is a two-dimensional system. In addition to other security measures can only be read by ultraviolet."
President of the SADR
Mohamed Abdelaziz Mohamed Abdelaziz can refer to a number of people:
* Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician) (1946–2016), President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976–2016)
*Mohamed Abdelaziz (Libyan politician)
Mohamed Abdelaziz is a Libyan polit ...
was granted the first Saharawi diplomatic passport.
Gallery of Sahrawi passports
File:Sahrawi passport diplomatic 01.jpg, Sahrawi diplomatic passport
File:Sahrawi passport diplomatic 02.jpg, Sahrawi diplomatic passport, first page
References
Sahrawi
Passport
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