The Tunisian passport is issued to citizens of

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for international travel.

Passport types

There are three main types of passport: 1. Regular (green) passport, issued to citizens for international travel, valid for 5 years. 2. "Special" (official) passport (''passeport spécial'', burgundy), issued to Tunisians travelling on official business. 3. Diplomatic (navy blue) passport, issued to Tunisian diplomats and their relatives. All Tunisian passports comply with

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standards. They contain 32 pages. The first machine-readable passports were issued in 2003.

Cover design

The Tunisian passport has the following wording on its cover : Top: "الجمهورية التونسية" "RÉPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE" "REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA" Middle: The

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of Tunisia Bottom: "جواز سفر " "PASSEPORT" "PASSPORT"

Visa requirements

In 2022, Tunisian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 71 countries and territories, ranking the Tunisian passport 77th in terms of travel freedom according to the

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Gallery of historic images

File:Page de garde passeport tunisien 1951.jpg, Tunisian Passport from 1951 File:Passeport Tunisie, 1964.jpg, Tunisian Passport from 1964 File:Passeport tunisien, 2017.jpg, Tunisian Passport from 2003 File:Interieur Passeport Tunisie 2014.jpg, First page of a Tunisian non-biometric passport File:TunisianPassID.png, Biodata page of a Tunisian non-biometric passport

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