Yemeni passport

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Yemeni passport
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The front cover of a contemporary Yemeni passport.
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Details page in Yemeni passport.
Type Passport
Issued byFlag of Yemen.svg  Yemen
PurposeIdentification
Eligibility Yemeni citizenship
Expiration6 years

A Yemeni passport is a government document used by citizens of Yemen for international travel. [1] 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. [a]

Contents

Yemeni passports are typically 48 pages long and have a dark blue cover inscribed with the Emblem of Yemen (and the words "Republic of Yemen" and "Passport" in English and Arabic). As Arabic is a right-to-left script, the passport pages read from right to left. The passport is valid for six years after the date of issue.

Before 1967, when Aden was a British colony (Colony of Aden), British passports were given to travelers from there.

Security tags

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

Countries and territories with visa-free or visa on arrival entry for holders of regular Yemeni passports
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Yemen
Visa free access
Visa on arrival
eVisa
Visa available both on arrival or online
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Countries and territories with visa-free or visa on arrival entry for holders of regular Yemeni passports
  Yemen
  Visa free access
  Visa on arrival
  eVisa
  Visa available both on arrival or online
  Visa required

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. However, as of 2019, it has dropped to the 104th spot. [2]

Historical Passports of Yemen

See also

Notes

  1. Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, Canada For example, the Consulate in Ottawa does not issue or renew passports.

References

  1. "Passport Instructions تعليمات إستخراج جواز سفر". Yemen Embassy in Washington DC. 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  2. "Henley & Partners" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.