The Syrian passport ( ar, جواز السفر السوري) is a

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issued by

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

's Department of Immigration and Passports to Syrian citizens for international travel. Syrian

passport A passport is an official travel document issued by a government that contains a person's identity. A person with a passport can travel to and from foreign countries more easily and access consular assistance. A passport certifies the personal ...

s are normally valid for six years; however, for men about to perform military service, they are valid for two years, and they have to get permission from the conscription department for a renewal for another two years. The passport has a navy blue cover with the Syrian coat of arms. The information on the cover page and the inside is written in three languages: Arabic, English and French. Each page has a unique watermark depicting a famous Syrian monument, castle, or ancient building, these include the

Krak des Chevaliers Krak des Chevaliers, ar, قلعة الحصن, Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn also called Hisn al-Akrad ( ar, حصن الأكراد, Ḥiṣn al-Akrād, rtl=yes, ) and formerly Crac de l'Ospital; Krak des Chevaliers or Crac des Chevaliers (), is a medieva ...

, a

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r castle in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world,

Umayyad Mosque The Umayyad Mosque ( ar, الجامع الأموي, al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus ( ar, الجامع الدمشق, al-Jāmiʿ al-Damishq), located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the ...

and others. Passport applications must be completed in person and fee to obtain a new passport is : 50000S.P for a 21 days wait.(apx $13) 75000S.P for a 3 days wait.(apx $19) 100000S.P one day wait.(apx $26) In April 2015, Syria changed its passport requirements so that Syrians outside Syria, including

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s who have fled the Syrian Civil War, are eligible for passports without an intelligence service review. Passports will be issued to Syrians "even if they left in an illegal manner or they hold non-official passports or travel documents", referring to passports issued by Syrian opposition representatives in

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. At the same time, fees required for passports were doubled to $800 for a new passports and $300 for a renewal. During the

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, fake Syrian passports were found being used by non-Syrians to apply for asylum in Europe.

History

Biometric passport

In late 2016, Syria's Department of Immigration and Passports announced that it is planning to change to

biometric passport A biometric passport (also known as an e-passport or a digital passport) is a traditional passport that has an embedded electronic microprocessor chip which contains biometric information that can be used to authenticate the identity of the pa ...

s. In early 2019, Syria announced that it is getting ready to release its new passport.

Visa requirements

As of 7 January 2020, Syrian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 29 countries and territories, ranking the Syrian passport 105th in the world according to the according to the

Henley Passport Index The Henley Passport Index (abbreviation: HPI) is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom enjoyed by the holders of that country's ordinary passport for its citizens. It started in 2006 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions ...

References

Passports by country Government of Syria {{Syria-stub

History

Biometric passport

Visa requirements

See also

References