A Yemeni passport is a government document used by citizens of

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

for international travel. Yemeni passports are issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Ministry of the Interior, and by some Yemeni consulates and embassies around the world. Yemeni passports are typically 48 pages long and have a dark blue cover inscribed with the

Emblem of Yemen The national emblem of Yemen depicts a golden eagle of Saladin with a scroll between its claws. On the scroll is written the name of the country in ar, الجمهورية اليمنية or ("The Yemeni Republic"). The chest of the eagle contai ...

(and the words "Republic of Yemen" and "Passport" in English and Arabic). As Arabic is a

right-to-left script In a script (commonly shortened to right to left or abbreviated RTL, RL-TB or R2L), writing starts from the right of the page and continues to the left, proceeding from top to bottom for new lines. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, Kashmir ...

, the passport pages read from right to left. The passport is valid for six years after the date of issue. Before 1967, when southern Yemen was a British colony (

Colony of Aden Aden Colony ( ar, مستعمرة عدن, ), also the Colony of Aden, was a British Crown colony from 1937 to 1963 located in the south of contemporary Yemen. It consisted of the port of Aden and its immediate surroundings (an area of ). Prio ...

), British passports were given to travelers from there.

Page content

The second page of the passport provides the Identity of the passport holder in Arabic and English. On the left of the Identity page is a picture of the passport holder. Other information on the Identity page includes: *Passport number *Country code *Type *Full name *Family name *Place of birth *Date of birth *Gender *Occupation *Issuer *Date of issue *Expiration date *

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*Codes for machine reading

Regulations

The passport of one individual should not be held by others who are not entitled to possess it. Any loss or theft of the passport should immediately reported to the concerned authority. The title page of the passport holder and details of relatives who are in the Republic of Yemen. The passport contains a further two pages of notes, four pages of additions and 32 pages for visas. Passports contain details of the issuer that are shown to the authorities of all other nations, and identify the bearer as a citizen in the issuing country. A passport includes the demand to allow the holder to pass, and be treated in accordance with international standards. The Foreign Minister requests relevant parties to allow the bearer of this passport to pass freely and also to assist their party in case of difficulties.

Security tags

Many security tags are found in the Yemeni passport to prevent fraud. Security tags are located on the first page. The

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and two-dimensional watermark are located in another. When exposed to light, the passport shows a map of Yemen and the country's logo. When exposed to light, the passport page number, written in Arabic and English, is visible at the top of the sheet on both sides. The edge of the paper contains a silver stripe flag of the nation repeated 10 times and the word 'Yemen' written in Arabic and English. The emblem of the nation is printed three times in the middle.

Visa requirements

In 2016, Yemeni citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 38 countries and territories. This ranked the Yemeni passport 97th worldwide according to the

Visa Restrictions 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 Restrictio ...

. However, as of 2019, it has dropped to the 104th spot.

Historical Passports of Yemen

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North Yemen North Yemen may refer to: * Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962) * Yemen Arab Republic The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية اليمنية '), also known simply as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a ...

Passport File:Kingdom of yemen passport.png, Kingdom of Yemen passport

References

External links

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Government of Yemen