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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PASSPORTS
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1. The only person who does not need to carry a passport when travelling abroad is the Queen Elizabeth II. The British passport is issued by 'Her Majesty' the Queen. Therefore the Queen does not need to carry a passport as otherwise she world have to issue a passport to herself!
2. The first passport was named in the bible
The 1st reference of a passport is in the Book of Nehemiah, when a Persian official was issued a letter from King Artaxerxes I of Persia requesting the governors beyond the river to grant him safe passage on his travels through Judea
The 1st reference of a passport is in the Book of Nehemiah, when a Persian official was issued a letter from King Artaxerxes I of Persia requesting the governors beyond the river to grant him safe passage on his travels through Judea
3. The world passport
They are issued from the World Service Authority, a DC-based non-profit that promotes “World Citizenship”. These have been accepted as travel documents by a small number of countries across the world. They r Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Mauritania, Tanzania,Togo.
They are issued from the World Service Authority, a DC-based non-profit that promotes “World Citizenship”. These have been accepted as travel documents by a small number of countries across the world. They r Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Mauritania, Tanzania,Togo.
4. Singapore and Japan take the top spot in the Henley Passport Index, offering its citizens visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to a record total of 190 destinations.
5. All passports come in only four colors
All national passports are red, blue, green and black, these are the four passport colors. According to http://passportindex.org , 78 countries have blue passports, 68 have red ones, while only 10 nation passports are black.
All national passports are red, blue, green and black, these are the four passport colors. According to http://passportindex.org , 78 countries have blue passports, 68 have red ones, while only 10 nation passports are black.
