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Iraqi passport
جواز السفر العراقي (Arabic)
پاسپۆرتی عێراقی (Kurdish)
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Front cover of a contemporary Iraqi biometric passport ( EPassport logo.svg ), issued since 2023
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Data page of the B-series Iraqi passport
Type Passport
Issued by Ministry of Interior of Iraq
First issued9 January 2023 (biometric passport) [1]
PurposeIdentification
Eligibility Iraqi citizenship
Expiration8 years after issuance, or 4 years after issuance for citizens under the age of 16
Cost IQD 91,000 (first/renewal)
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Cover of an Iraqi Special passport 2023-

The Iraqi passport [a] is the travel document issued to citizens of the Republic of Iraq for the purpose of international travel. The new "A" series of passports began circulating on 1 February 2010, as a result of Iraqi governmental initiatives to create a more secure passport. As of 6 March 2023, a third-generation electronic passport, approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization, has begun circulating in order to make travel more accessible by shortening about 85% of the paperwork and the administrative procedures, [2] and will be issued to citizens within one day of their request. Previous series issued by passport offices in Iraq and diplomatic representatives worldwide include the "S" non-machine-readable series and the "G" series. [3]

Contents

History

The new A-series passports have been issued since 1 October 2009 (German embassy in Jordan, 2009). Passports in the G-series are thus no longer issued, but they are still valid until their expiry date. However, in autumn 2014, a document expert at a Western embassy in Amman informed Landinfo (meeting in Amman, November 2014) that the Iraqi authorities were still issuing G-series passports. This means that real G-series passports issued after 2009 may be in circulation. A-series passports differ from G-series passports in that they contain text in Arabic, Kurdish and English. There is also a difference on the page containing personal data – G-series passports have a field for the passport holder's signature or fingerprints, while in A-series passports, this field has been replaced by a bar code. The page containing biometric data is laminated, as it was in the G-series. The passport holder's signature is on page 3 in the passport. A-series passports have 48 pages and are valid for eight years. The passport number is perforated through the bottom of each page starting from page 3. Pages 4–48 are visa pages. All A-series passports are personal. Children must have their own passport.

1934 Iraqi passport used up to 1939 for Europe and British Palestine. 1934 Iraqi passport used up to 1939 for Europe and British Palestine.jpg
1934 Iraqi passport used up to 1939 for Europe and British Palestine.

Types

There are four different passport types.

Series

SeriesIssued FromIssued ToValid for Travel
B biometric passport January 9, 2023PresentYes
AFebruary 1, 2010January 9, 2023Yes [4]
G2007February 1, 2010No Since February 1, 2018 [5]
H??No since December 31, 2011 [6]
N??No since January 1, 2008 [7]
M??No since December 31, 2006 [8]
S??No since September 1, 2006 [9]

Physical appearance

Languages

The new A-series passports differ from G-series passports in that they contain text in Arabic, Kurdish and English. There is also a difference on the page containing personal data – G-series passports have a field for the passport holder's signature or fingerprints, while in A-series passports, this field has been replaced by a bar code

Identity information page

The front page of the Iraqi passport includes the following data:

The page ends with a 2-line machine readable zone, according to ICAO standard 9303. The country code is IRQ as is the standard country code for Iraq (according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3).

Visa requirements

On January 18, 2018, Iraqi citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 28 countries and territories, ranking the Iraqi passport 104th in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.

Visa requirements for Iraqi citizens
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Visa requirements for Iraqi citizens
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See also

Notes

  1. Arabic: جواز السفر العراقي; Kurdish: پاسپۆرت عێراقی

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