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Visa for Friend Denied Hi All, I applied for my best friend from Ukraine to come to my wedding next month in July and after waiting she has just received her blank passport with no visa and nothing else (seems pretty off). Many countries issue only one passport to each national (an exception is the Family Passport, see below under 'Types'). When passport holders apply for a new passport (commonly, due to expiration of an old passport or lack of blank pages), they may be required to surrender the old passport.

For other uses, see. A passport is a, usually issued by a 's, that certifies the identity and of its holder primarily for the purpose of international travel. Standard passports may contain information such as the holder's name, place and date of birth, photograph, signature, and other identifying information. Many countries are moving towards including biometric information in a embedded in the passport, making them and difficult to.

As of 2017, there are over 120 jurisdictions issuing these. Previously issued passports usually remain valid until each expires. A passport holder is normally entitled to enter the country that issued the passport, though some people entitled to a passport may not be full citizens with. A passport does not of itself create any rights in the country being visited or obligate the issue country in any way, such as providing. Some passports attest to status as a or other official, entitled to rights and privileges such as. Many countries normally allow entry to holders of passports of other countries, sometimes requiring a also to be obtained, but this is not an automatic right. Many other additional conditions, such as not being likely to become a public charge for financial or other reasons, and the holder not having been, may apply.

Where a country does not another, or is in dispute with it, it may prohibit the use of their passport for travel to that other country, or may to holders of that other country's passports, and sometimes to others who have, for example, visited the other country. Some countries and international organisations issue which are not standard passports, but enable the holder to travel internationally to countries that recognise the documents. For example, persons are not normally issued a national passport, but may be able to obtain a or the earlier ' which enables them to travel to countries which recognise the document, and sometimes to return to the issuing country. Passports are often requested in other circumstances to confirm identification such as checking in to a hotel or when changing money to a local currency. An passport (passavant) issued to subject dated July 24, 1900. One of the earliest known references to paperwork that served in a role similar to that of a passport is found in the., dating from approximately 450 BC, states that Nehemiah, an official serving King, asked permission to travel to; the king granted leave and gave him a letter 'to the governors beyond the river' requesting safe passage for him as he traveled through their lands.