The Azerbaijani passport is issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan to the citizens of

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

for international travel. Ordinary passports are valid for 10 years (since 2007) from the date of issue and contain 34 visa pages. Passport content is printed both in Azerbaijani and in English. As of 1 January 2018, Azerbaijani citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 63 countries and territories, ranking the Azerbaijani passport 72nd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley visa restrictions index.

Types of passports

* Ordinary passport: Issued to normal citizens. ** Ordinary passports are issued in two different lengths of validity: five and ten years. Azerbaijani citizens up to 18 years of age can only be issued a five-year passport, while those who are 18 years of age or older ten-year (Green) passport. * Official passport: Issued to

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. * Diplomatic passport: Issued to

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and their family members and government high-level officials.

Physical appearance

Coat of arms of Azerbaijan The state emblem of Azerbaijan ( az, Azərbaycan gerbi) mixes traditional and modern symbols. The focal point of the emblem is a stylized flame. The flame is in the shape of the word "Allah" written in Arabic () to represent the country's majorit ...

is printed in relief in the center of the front cover with ''"Azərbaycan Respublikası"'' in Azerbaijani and ''"The Republic of Azerbaijan"'' in English above the coat of arms, as well as, ''"PASPORT"'' and ''"PASSPORT"'' printed below. The passport is 88 x 125 mm in size, with 54 pages. In line with the passport type, Azerbaijani passports can be of the following colors: * Civil passport-dark green * Official passport-dark blue * Diplomatic passport-dark red Image:The description data page of the Azerbaijani biometric passport.png, Image:The first page of the Azerbaijani e-passport.jpg, Image:Inside of an azerbaijani passport.JPG, Image:The data page of the Azerbaijani biometric passport.jpg,

Information page

Azerbaijani passports include the following data on the information page: * Photograph of the holder (digital image printed on page) * Type (P) * Passport number * Surname * Given names * Date of birth * Sex * Place of birth (only the city or town is listed, even if born outside of Republic of Azerbaijan.) * Date of issue * Date of expiry * Holder's signature (digital image printed on page) * Machine Readable Zone starting with P

Biometric passport

New biometric Azerbaijani passports were announced on 17 July 2012. New passport booklet design is in compliance with ICAO regulation document 9303. The e-passport sign , indicating the presence of a RFID chip, is placed on the cover of the passport, as well as above the photo of the holder on the main rigid information page which contains the RFID chip. It also contains a machine readable zone at the bottom of the page. The overall design of the new booklet, apart from the above-mentioned, does not differ from the previous non-biometric booklet design.

Visa requirements

As of October 2018, Azerbaijani citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 66 countries and territories, ranking the Azerbaijani passport 75th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley visa restrictions index.

External links

Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

References