Bruneian Passports are issued to citizens of

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely sur ...

for the purpose of international travel. When Brunei was a British protectorate, British passports were used.

Validity

The Bruneian Passport is valid for a period of 5 years. To travel overseas, a passport must be valid for at least six months into the future.

Biometric passport

Since May 2008, all Brunei passports contain biometric features. The biometric passport contains a chip which stores facial and fingerprint image. Brunei passport is coloured red. Brunei's coat of arms is in the middle of the front of the Brunei passport, with the name of the country above it and "passport" below it.

Identification page

* Passport holder photo (Width: 40mm, Height: 52mm; Head height (up to the top of the hair): 35mm; Distance from the top of the photo to the top of the hair: 6mm) * Type ("P" for passport) * Code of the country * Serial number of the passport * Surname and first name of the passport holder * Citizenship * Date of birth (DD.MM.YYYY) * Gender (M for men or F for women) * Place of Birth * Date of issue (DD.MM.YYYY) * Passport holder's signature * Expiry date (DD.MM.YYYY)

Languages

The data page/information page is printed in

Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...

and

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Certificate of Identity

In lieu of a passport, Bruneian permanent residents who are otherwise stateless are afforded the right to obtain a

Bruneian International Certificate of Identity The Bruneian International Certificate of Identity (ICI) is an international travel document issued by the Immigration and National Registration Department to Bruneian permanent residents who are stateless. It is valid for five years. Eligibilit ...

Visa requirements

As of 28 September 2019, Bruneian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 165 countries and territories, ranking the Bruneian passport 21st in the world in terms of travel freedom 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 ...

. Additionally, Arton Capital's Passport index ranked the Bruneian passport 15th in the world in terms of travel freedom, with a visa-free score of 151, as of October 2019. As of October 2018, the passports of Brunei, Japan, Singapore and San Marino are the only ones to allow either visa-free entry or

electronic travel authorisation An electronic visa, electronic entry visa or electronic travel authorisation/electronic travel authority (ETA) is a travel permit in an electronic form. It is often required in addition to a valid passport for access into a particular jurisdiction ...

to the world's four largest economies, namely China, India, the European Union and the United States. The Bruneian passport is also the only one in the world that allows visa-free access to China, Russia, the Schengen Area, United Kingdom and the United States, which are the five

permanent members of the United Nations Security Council The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (also known as the Permanent Five, Big Five, or P5) are the five sovereign states to whom the UN Charter of 1945 grants a permanent seat on the UN Security Council: China, France, R ...

. Brunei is also the only Muslim-majority country in the world whose citizens are allowed to enter the United States without a pre-arranged travel visa.

References

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