Lecture 5: Travel Documents Flashcards
Process of legally securing the necessary travel papers for prospective passengers.
Documentation
are government issued papers used to identify the travellers.
enable government to regulate travel
Travel documents
What are the travel documents
Essential Documents at NSO
Passport
Visas
BI Clearances
Essential documents at nso
Authenticated birth certificate
Authenticated marriage certificate
A document issued by a government to its citizens requesting other governments to allow its holder to pass safely and freely, and in case of need, to give him/her lawful aid and protection
Passport
bears a zone where some of the information otherwise written in textual form is written as strings of alphanumeric characters, printed in a manner suitable for optical character recognition.
Machine readable passports
It uses contactless smart card technology (embedded in the front or back cover, or center page, of the passport).
Biometric passport
is printed on the data page of the passport and stored in the chip.
Critical information
is used to authenticate the data stored in the passport chip.
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Automatically scans the biometric data of a passenger and compares it to the data in the passenger’s e-passport, which has to be put into a document reader at the border control.
Automatic Immigration Clearance System
Types of Passport
- Diplomatic or Consular Passport
- Official or Service Passport
- Regular or Ordinary Passport
- Others
Issued to those who possess diplomatic status like the diplomat, consul and official as well as the head of state, governmental officials, delegation members of the Congress or government, who are going abroad for national affairs or activities.
Diplomatic or Consular Passport
Issued to the technical and administrative personnel of diplomatic missions such as embassies and consulates along with their spouse and the grown-up children.
Some countries issue official passports to some of their civil servants, for travel on official purposes.
Official or Service Passport
Issued to ordinary citizens for regular travel.
Regular or Ordinary Passport
A permit issued by a foreign government to indicate that the passport holder has been granted authority to enter or re-enter the country to visit.
Visa