A passport is a document that is issued by a government that is
required if one of its citizens is to travel internationally to another
country via land, sea or air. These passports are presented at the
borders into other countries and are generally required to have a visa
to enter but this depends on the relations between the two countries for
example citizens that governments are part of the European Union do not
need visas to travel and can cross these countries quite liberally.
Now a passport does not guarantee a person entry to another country as this is solely down to the country that the person is travelling to and they can decline entry for any reason they choose.
Normally there should be grounds to refuse entry but it has become obvious that sometimes there seems to be no real solid or justifiable reason. What a passport does normally entitle a person to though is for that person to be able to return to the country that issued them the passport as they are a citizen of that country e.g. A British passport holder can return to Britain at anytime.
The general design of a passport is a small booklet that contains the vital information of the person such as a facial picture, date of birth, full name, signature, home address and a passport number that is used to track where in the world that person is. This passport layout is generally followed by many countries and offers a synergy throughout international travel.
An interesting fact on passports is in most countries they are regarded as government property and not individually owned so that means that the government can recall that passport and remove it from any citizen's possession at anytime if they see fit to do so. This often can be enforced as a binding for bail in a court ruling so that the defendant does not try to flee the country via easily available routes such as a plane flight or boat trip to another country.
In the United States they use various forms to issue passports, many conform to the usual booklet however many people are now looking at the passport card that is a passport printed on a credit card sized plastic card. These are very ideal as they contain everything that is on a normal booklet and are much easier to carry around i.e. it is the perfect size to keep in ones wallet. Also similar to a credit card it has information stored on the card about the person and where they have travelled previously.
There is much debate about including this set up in the United Kingdom and eventually have an international system that monitors and connects all travel passport cards electronically meaning that border crossings will be much easy to manage and faster to do. Also by having it in electrical format such as this it can be much easier to spot if a passport card is counterfeit as it will flag up red on the system.
This system seems ideal and the logical next step as the technology develops.
Now a passport does not guarantee a person entry to another country as this is solely down to the country that the person is travelling to and they can decline entry for any reason they choose.
Normally there should be grounds to refuse entry but it has become obvious that sometimes there seems to be no real solid or justifiable reason. What a passport does normally entitle a person to though is for that person to be able to return to the country that issued them the passport as they are a citizen of that country e.g. A British passport holder can return to Britain at anytime.
The general design of a passport is a small booklet that contains the vital information of the person such as a facial picture, date of birth, full name, signature, home address and a passport number that is used to track where in the world that person is. This passport layout is generally followed by many countries and offers a synergy throughout international travel.
An interesting fact on passports is in most countries they are regarded as government property and not individually owned so that means that the government can recall that passport and remove it from any citizen's possession at anytime if they see fit to do so. This often can be enforced as a binding for bail in a court ruling so that the defendant does not try to flee the country via easily available routes such as a plane flight or boat trip to another country.
In the United States they use various forms to issue passports, many conform to the usual booklet however many people are now looking at the passport card that is a passport printed on a credit card sized plastic card. These are very ideal as they contain everything that is on a normal booklet and are much easier to carry around i.e. it is the perfect size to keep in ones wallet. Also similar to a credit card it has information stored on the card about the person and where they have travelled previously.
There is much debate about including this set up in the United Kingdom and eventually have an international system that monitors and connects all travel passport cards electronically meaning that border crossings will be much easy to manage and faster to do. Also by having it in electrical format such as this it can be much easier to spot if a passport card is counterfeit as it will flag up red on the system.
This system seems ideal and the logical next step as the technology develops.
Martyn currently works for Designed2Perform a company that works alongside the plastic cards specialist Company Cards.
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