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Micronesian passport

{{Short description|Passport issued to Micronesian citizens}}

{{Infobox Identity document

| document_name = Micronesian passport

| image = File:Micronesia passport.jpg

| image_caption = The front cover of a Micronesian passport.

| date_first_issued =

| using_jurisdiction = {{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}

| valid_jurisdictions =

| document_type = Passport

| purpose = Identification

| eligibility = Micronesian citizenship

| expiration =

}}

Micronesian passports are the regular travel document issued by the Federated States of Micronesia to its citizens in order to enable them to travel outside the country.

Passport cover

Micronesian passports are blue with the word "PASSPORT" written in English above the Seal of the Federated States of Micronesia emblazoned in the center, with the inscription "Federated States of Micronesia" in small gold letters beneath.{{cite web|url=http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f741cde609eee210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=4b18dc4d88889010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214113653/http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f741cde609eee210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=4b18dc4d88889010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 December 2012|title=Micronesia Passport Cover|access-date=30 June 2012|publisher=U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services}}

Information

The information given below is printed on the identification page.

  1. Type
  2. Photo of Passport Holder
  3. Passport Number
  4. Given name(s)
  5. Date of birth
  6. Sex
  7. Place of birth
  8. Place of Issue
  9. Date of expiry
  10. Surname
  11. Nationality
  12. Residence
  13. Date of issue
  14. Authority

Visa requirements

{{main|Visa requirements for Micronesian citizens}}

File:Visa requirements for Micronesian citizens.png{{legend|red|Micronesia}}{{legend|#08298c|Visa-free}}{{legend|#75b2dd|Visa on arrival}}]]

As of 1 January 2017, Micronesian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 106 countries and territories, ranking the Micronesian passport 51st in terms of travel freedom (tied with Russian passport) according to the Henley visa restrictions index.{{cite web|title=Global Ranking - Visa Restriction Index 2017|url=https://henleyglobal.com/files/download/hvri/HP_Visa_Restrictions_Index_170301.pdf|publisher=Henley & Partners|access-date=14 March 2017}}

Micronesia signed a mutual visa waiver agreement with Schengen Area countries on 20 September 2016.{{cite web |title=EU and the Federated States of Micronesia Sign Visa Waiver Agreement |url=https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/10123/eu-and-the-federated-states-of-micronesia-sign-visa-waiver-agreement---_en |website=European External Action Service |access-date=5 January 2022 |date=21 September 2016}}

United States visa

Micronesian passport holders with Form I-94 or Form I-94A, showing non-immigrant admission, can travel or enter the United States of America without any visa requirements in accordance with the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia.{{cite web|url=http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=30341921c6898210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=30341921c6898210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD|title= List A Documents|access-date=30 June 2012|publisher= U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldtravelguide.net/pacific-islands-micronesia/federated-states-micronesia/passport-visa |title= Federated States Micronesia: visa and passport requirements|access-date=30 June 2012|publisher= worldtravelguide.net }}{{cite web|url=http://www.fsmembassydc.org/faq.htm|title=Federated States of Micronesia Frequently Asked Questions|access-date=30 June 2012|publisher=Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308153544/http://www.fsmembassydc.org/faq.htm|archive-date=8 March 2015|url-status=dead}}

History

File:First recipient of TTPI passport in 1959.jpg

Prior to the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesians traveled internationally on documents issued by the US authorities to the citizens of the Trust Territory of the Pacific. Since October 1959, these documents were called Trust Territory Passports, and had maroon covers. They replaced earlier "Travel Documents", which were simply folded sheets of paper.[http://www.pacificdigitallibrary.org/cgi-bin/pdl?e=d-000off-pdl--00-2--0--010---4-------0-1l--10en-50---20-info---00-3-1-00bySR-0-0-000utfZz-8-00&a=d&cl=CL1.7&d=HASH018f9bcb9f042688015b6e58.18 First Trust Territory Passport Is Issued], Micronesian Reporter, NUMBER 6, NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1959, pp. ii, 16-17

See also

References

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Federated States of Micronesia