To facilitate the movement of individuals or small groups of persons across international boundaries, the identity documents issued by a government or international treaty organization is known as travel documents. This is assurance that the bearer may return to the issuing country. Travel documents are commonly issued in booklet form. These booklet forms of the travel documents allow the other government to place entry and exit stamps and visas into them. Some of the important travel documents are discussed below:
Passport
Passport is the most common travel document; it gives more privilege to the bearer like vise free access to certain countries. It serves as a proof of citizenship from issuing country. Sometimes it is used only for the documents that do not bear proof of nationality. Majority of the countries of the world accept the passport as a valid travel document. But some countries exclude the validity of this document from the countries that are not recognized by their governments.
Laissez-passer and Emergency Passport
United Nation, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the European Union or the national government, issues this travel document. This document is for one way travel to the issuing country. A laissez passer is issued only for humanitarian reasons only. A country can issue it as emergency passport for his own nationals. It is also issued for stateless people, or for those people who unable to obtain their travel documents especially, passport, from their own country, or their country is not recognized by the issuing country. Historically this travel document used to issue commonly in the time of wars as a pass to allow the travel to certain areas or to get out of the war zones, or the citizens of the third country, diplomatic agents, and to various officials of the country.
United Nation Travel Documents
United Nation and the ILO issues a laissez passer to the several international organizations, member of UN, officials and members and other specialized agencies.
Other Documents for Travel
Many other travel documents other than passport and laissez passer are issued for many other purposes, for limited countries. Such travel documents are discussed below.
National Identity Card
This document is a source of identification within the country, in some circumstances; it is also used as a document of travel. EU, EEA and Swiss people has a right to travel freely anywhere in these countries without the visa, at only their national identity card. In North America, a U.S passport card can be regarded as an identity card for international travel.
Driver License
Driving license is not considered as a travel document now as they provide no information on nationality and the terms that lead to refusal of travel document. But in some provinces of U.S and Canada an enhanced driving license can be received on some extra payment and additional information, which enables border crossing between U.S and Canada by land and sea.
De Facto Travel Documents
De facto travel documents are used only to cross the boarders legally, but with no legal as a travel document.
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