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<h2 id="physical-appearance">Physical appearance</h2> <p>The e-Passport Booklet contains 34 visa pages and a polycarbonate <a href="/facts/Machine-readable_passport/osEDTf2E">machine readable</a> bio-data page. The cover is black with silver embossing on the front. The word "INTERPOL" in both <a href="/facts/Latin_script/7EWeJjUV">Latin</a> (INTERPOL) and <a href="/facts/Arabic_script/GB5gsj1F">Arabic</a> (الإنتربول) script appears at the top, with the Interpol logo below. The word for 'Passport' then follows in all four official Interpol languages: English (PASSPORT), <a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">French</a> (PASSEPORT), <a href="/facts/Spanish_language/95BgYNfv">Spanish</a> (PASAPORTE), and Arabic (جواز السفر). The <a href="/facts/Biometric_passport/DETBFJKx">biometric passport</a> symbol appears at the bottom of the cover. The bio-data page features the holder's name, date and place of birth, photograph and signature, their job title, the passport number, the issuer code "XPO", and its issue and expiry dates. A machine readable strip runs along the bottom of the page. </p><p>The e-Identification Card is a light blue polycarbonate <a href="/facts/Smartcard/K7b9lowS">smartcard</a>. The front features the Interpol logo overlaid with the holder's biographical data, photograph and signature, the document number and its expiry date. The reverse features the officer's job title, the card's issue date, the issuer code "XPO", and a machine readable strip. </p> <h2 id="technical-features">Technical features</h2> <p>The Interpol travel documents were developed by the <a href="/facts/EDAPS/vonbsols">EDAPS Consortium</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Entrust/DsA43cRc">Entrust, Inc.</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The passport contains 29<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> security features including <a href="/facts/Laser_engraving/uC4GTMgr">laser engraving</a> and an electronic <a href="/facts/Radio-frequency_identification/4CnmIV2b">RFID</a> chip storing the holder's biometric data, as well as holographic, micrographic, and optical security elements.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Both travel documents meet the relevant <a href="/facts/ICAO/TzrL1mLr">ICAO</a>/<a href="/facts/International_Organization_for_Standardization/IacYR7Yg">ISO</a> standards and have been allocated the <a href="/facts/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3/FetPoAoS">three-letter country code</a> 'XPO'. The passports are produced in <a href="/facts/Kyiv/uVAMxK8R">Kyiv</a> by EDAPS and can be printed and dispatched in less than two hours after an individual's personal data has been received.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="international-recognition">International recognition</h2> <p>Each participating member country decides whether to recognise either the e-Passport Booklet and/or the e-Identification Card and whether they need be used in conjunction with or without a valid national passport. The holder is then granted visa exemption, expedited visa processing or some other special visa treatment depending on the individual arrangement. </p><p>It was anticipated by Interpol that 100 members would have recognised the documents in time for Interpol's 83rd General Assembly in Monaco in November 2014, which marked the 100th anniversary of the first International Criminal Police Congress.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> This was achieved by the conclusion of the 83rd General Assembly. </p><p>As of December 2024, the travel documents are accepted in either, or both its forms (<a href="/facts/E-passport/DETBFJKx">e-Passport</a> Booklet and/or e-Identification Card), sometimes to be used in conjunction with a valid national passport, by 109 of Interpol's 192 member countries.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Afghanistan/v63Auu1C">Afghanistan</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Albania/8GP40BUD">Albania</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Algeria/UXDF4Tj6">Algeria</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Andorra/VItvtXBe">Andorra</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Angola/PQrYRHMd">Angola</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Armenia/t3GQx9sU">Armenia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Bangladesh/NXk4f78Y">Bangladesh</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob">Belarus</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Benin/G98jPhND">Benin</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Botswana/dGw6g94p">Botswana</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Bulgaria/Er5pY3YS">Bulgaria</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Burkina_Faso/L3zPAJwx">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Burundi/GTNtpIra">Burundi</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Cambodia/t1wJd6GU">Cambodia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Cameroon/QnrdY05C">Cameroon</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Cape_Verde/YCNhPVhE">Cape Verde</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Central_African_Republic/TKMWWr57">Central African Republic</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Chad/KStYoub3">Chad</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Colombia/nl7r8Q2u">Colombia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Comoros/b6HkaTRQ">Comoros</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Republic_of_the_Congo/kNLEWqhl">Congo</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Costa_Rica/baw0GTI1">Costa Rica</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ivory_Coast/mSSED5Yl">Côte d’Ivoire</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Cura%25C3%25A7ao/upV1jGtJ">Curaçao</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Djibouti/77jY0eII">Djibouti</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Dominican_Republic/u36V3Nsb">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo/E2KmHDdv">DR Congo</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Equatorial_Guinea/ARkq2P4f">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ethiopia/LVujNp5v">Ethiopia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Fiji/JU8Hs8WH">Fiji</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Gabon/DCMrPCpL">Gabon</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/The_Gambia/en5tl7Sz">Gambia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE">Georgia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ghana/IkUw32Ya">Ghana</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Grenada/V2kbBXcM">Grenada</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Guinea/MaBu4ysQ">Guinea</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Guinea-Bissau/YqJjM4Ex">Guinea Bissau</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Guyana/xxadP7zF">Guyana</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Ireland/k8JzXVze">Ireland</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Jamaica/jeDulmwE">Jamaica</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Jordan/JC5sS1oJ">Jordan</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Kenya/Y9Ko9pQu">Kenya</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Kuwait/HJLFQ59s">Kuwait</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Laos/S0afugjX">Laos</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Lesotho/gYSatY8p">Lesotho</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Liberia/U99yfl2k">Liberia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Libya/HMPH8PWR">Libya</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/North_Macedonia/YpfcC5DA">North Macedonia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Madagascar/ez12IAcY">Madagascar</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Malawi/HTj5q7Wc">Malawi</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Malaysia/8zbUMzCP">Malaysia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Maldives/sC2HeXby">Maldives</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Mali/sAaVqV1e">Mali</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Marshall_Islands/rRV4U7oD">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Mauritania/JcP8EJku">Mauritania</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Mauritius/lVUARna5">Mauritius</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Moldova/qGBNGewt">Moldova</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Monaco/QjjEJwKy">Monaco</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Mongolia/ogQzUcQb">Mongolia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Montenegro/QynKJrw5">Montenegro</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Mozambique/mMWQ80JT">Mozambique</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Myanmar/zcqQH2oE">Myanmar</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Namibia/ahXuaypy">Namibia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Nepal/yWCzTBR2">Nepal</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Niger/hRbX6MkM">Niger</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Nigeria/gbW17BX8">Nigeria</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Panama/GckVVhnp">Panama</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Papua_New_Guinea/RLaVlhFC">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Qatar/K4EkNXJE">Qatar</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Rwanda/UKR5UdKy">Rwanda</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis/SMPo2Ybr">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/San_Marino/dlbbyRcT">San Marino</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/S%25C3%25A3o_Tom%25C3%25A9_and_Pr%25C3%25ADncipe/7EbNfgsJ">Sao Tome and Principe</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Senegal/PPaRNYJH">Senegal</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Seychelles/Ub9we8XU">Seychelles</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sierra_Leone/gWP9YL0v">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD">Singapore</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sint_Maarten/MUFmDfD5">Sint Maarten</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Slovakia/gmJwpwM3">Slovakia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Slovenia/EcYU22W4">Slovenia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Somalia/3wQYwIdS">Somalia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/South_Sudan/DacJpKfT">South Sudan</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sri_Lanka/VtTBmysE">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sudan/yGeaNdvS">Sudan</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Suriname/zjwRFBPL">Suriname</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Eswatini/Mfz58p4W">Swaziland</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Tanzania/MJueJ7E4">Tanzania</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Timor-Leste/IBQ69BRj">Timor-Leste</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Togo/7HzUaQkw">Togo</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Uganda/PabdegRm">Uganda</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States of America</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Uruguay/X6V0apCb">Uruguay</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Venezuela/eX1qnkln">Venezuela</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Zimbabwe/8Yqt8490">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_laissez-passer/8A42NpA8">United Nations laissez-passer</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.interpol.int/About-INTERPOL/INTERPOL-Travel-Document-initiative">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPXmAfA_ybk">INTERPOL's Travel Document</a> on <a href="/facts/YouTube_video_(identifier)/db276jst">YouTube</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Bellknap, Kelly (13 October 2009). "Interpol Cops to Travel Without Visas". ABC News. Retrieved 20 March 2012. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2009/10/global-policemen-to-travel-without-visas/" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2009/10/global-policemen-to-travel-without-visas/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"The Interpol Travel Document Initiative - Information Leaflet". Interpol. December 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2013.[permanent dead link] <a href="http://www.interpol.int/Media/Files/About-INTERPOL/Travel-document-initiative/Flyer" target="_blank">http://www.interpol.int/Media/Files/About-INTERPOL/Travel-document-initiative/Flyer</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"INTERPOL Travel Document initiative". Interpol. 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013. <a href="http://www.interpol.int/en/About-INTERPOL/INTERPOL-Travel-Document-initiative" target="_blank">http://www.interpol.int/en/About-INTERPOL/INTERPOL-Travel-Document-initiative</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"INTERPOL to set global standard in travel document security with new e-passport initiative". EDAPS Consortium. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2013. <a href="http://www.edaps.com/en/news/n488" target="_blank">http://www.edaps.com/en/news/n488</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Entrust and INTERPOL Announce the Delivery and Use of Innovative Smartcard Credential Service". Entrust, Inc. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2013. <a href="https://www.entrust.com/news/entrust-and-interpol-announce-the-delivery-and-use-of-innovative-smartcard-credential-service/" target="_blank">https://www.entrust.com/news/entrust-and-interpol-announce-the-delivery-and-use-of-innovative-smartcard-credential-service/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Balueva, Tatiana (April 2010). "INTERPOL HAS RECEIVED E-PASSPORTS". Watermark Magazine. Retrieved 15 June 2013. <a href="http://www.eng.vodyanoyznak.ru/magazine/6/95.htm" target="_blank">http://www.eng.vodyanoyznak.ru/magazine/6/95.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Interpol sets standard in electronic passports". InfoSecurity magazine. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2013. <a href="http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/4101/interpol-sets-standard-in-electronic-passports/" target="_blank">http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/4101/interpol-sets-standard-in-electronic-passports/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Balueva, Tatiana (April 2010). "INTERPOL HAS RECEIVED E-PASSPORTS". Watermark Magazine. Retrieved 15 June 2013. <a href="http://www.eng.vodyanoyznak.ru/magazine/6/95.htm" target="_blank">http://www.eng.vodyanoyznak.ru/magazine/6/95.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Interview with Ralph Markert at Wise Media's sixth EMEA summit on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPST2ZRN4DE" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPST2ZRN4DE</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Official recognition from 104 member countries" (PDF). Interpol. Retrieved 7 July 2017. <a href="https://www.interpol.int/content/download/27084/365148/version/18/file/List%20of%20103%20recognizing%20member%20countries%20-%20EN.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.interpol.int/content/download/27084/365148/version/18/file/List%20of%20103%20recognizing%20member%20countries%20-%20EN.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>