Editing Passport (section)

===Regional and subnational passports===
====China====
The [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) authorises its [[Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China|Special Administrative Regions]] of [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] to issue passports to their permanent residents with [[Chinese nationality law|Chinese nationality]] under the "[[one country, two systems]]" arrangement. Visa policies imposed by foreign authorities on Hong Kong and Macau permanent residents holding such passports are different from those holding ordinary passports of the People's Republic of China. A [[Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport]] (HKSAR passport) and [[Macau Special Administrative Region passport]] (MSAR passport) gain visa-free access to many more countries than ordinary [[Chinese passport|PRC passports]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aipassportphoto.com/article/visa-free-china-hong-kong-macau|title=Visa-Free Access for PRC, HKSAR and MSAR Passports|website=aipassportphoto.com}}</ref>

On 1 July 2011, the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China]] launched a trial issuance of e-passports for individuals conducting public affairs work overseas on behalf of the Chinese government.<ref name="MFAbiometric">{{cite web |date=1 June 2011 |script-title=zh:中华人民共和国外交部公告 |url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/pds/fw/lsfw/tzgg/t826969.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913110501/http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/pds/fw/lsfw/tzgg/t826969.htm |archive-date=13 September 2011 |access-date=31 August 2011 |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China]] |language=zh}}</ref><ref name="refworld">{{cite web |date=6 May 2013 |title=China: Procedure and requirements to obtain a biometric passport,... |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/527a1b5b4.htm |access-date=12 December 2019 |publisher=Canada. Immigration and Refugee Board |via=UNHCR |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728142605/https://www.refworld.org/docid/527a1b5b4.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The face, fingerprints, and other [[biometric]] features of the passport holder is [[Digitize|digitized]] and stored in pre-installed contactless [[Smart chips|smart chip]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Attends the Launch Ceremony for the Trial Issuance of E-Passports for Public Affairs |url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/t791409.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205102626/http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/t791409.htm |archive-date=5 February 2011 |access-date=15 February 2011 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=因公电子护照31日试点签发 可使持照人快速通关 |url=http://www.china.com.cn/travel/txt/2011-02/01/content_21855650.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707014522/http://www.china.com.cn/travel/txt/2011-02/01/content_21855650.htm |archive-date=7 July 2011 |access-date=15 February 2011 |publisher=中国网}}</ref> along with "the passport owner's name, sex and personal photo as well as the passport's term of validity and [the] digital certificate of the chip".<ref name="canada">{{cite web |date=22 September 2015 |title=Responses to Information Requests: CHN105049.E China: Information on electronic/biometric passports,... |url=https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/pages/attachments/2015/10/22/chn105049.e.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009173927/https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/pages/attachments/2015/10/22/chn105049.e.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2021 |access-date=12 December 2019 |publisher=Canada. Immigration and Refugee Board}}</ref> Ordinary biometric passports were introduced by the [[Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Public Security]] on 15 May 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chinese passports to get chipped |url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-05/04/content_15203762.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921030325/http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-05/04/content_15203762.htm |archive-date=21 September 2018 |access-date=5 May 2012 |publisher=China Daily USA}}</ref> As of January 2015, all new passports issued by China are biometric e-passports, and non-biometric passports are no longer issued.<ref name="canada" />

In 2012, over 38 million Chinese citizens held ordinary passports, comprising only 2.86 percent of the total population at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=3800万中国公民持有普通护照 电子护照正式签发启用 |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-05/15/c_123134110.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414214856/http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-05/15/c_123134110.htm |archive-date=2016-04-14 |access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> In 2014, China issued 16 million passports, ranking first in the world, surpassing the United States (14 million) and India (10 million).<ref>{{cite web |title=India ranks third in issuing passports |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agartala/India-ranks-third-in-issuing-passports/articleshow/50401641.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021741/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agartala/India-ranks-third-in-issuing-passports/articleshow/50401641.cms |archive-date=2016-03-05 |access-date=2016-03-31 |website=Times of India}}</ref> The number of ordinary passports in circulation rose to 120 million by October 2016, which was approximately 8.7 percent of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=国务院关于出境入境管理法执行情况的报告 |url=http://www.mps.gov.cn/n2253534/n2253535/n2253536/c5538068/content.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106061752/http://www.mps.gov.cn/n2253534/n2253535/n2253536/c5538068/content.html |archive-date=2016-11-06 |access-date=2016-11-05}}</ref> As of April 2017 to date, China had issued over 100 million biometric ordinary passports.<ref name="ailvxing1">{{Cite web |title=4月全国启用新号段电子普通护照 你拿到新护照了吗 - 爱旅行网 |url=http://www.ailvxing.com/info-103-24211-0.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034833/http://www.ailvxing.com/info-103-24211-0.html |archive-date=2017-12-01 |access-date=2017-11-19 |website=www.ailvxing.com}}</ref>

====Kingdom of Denmark====
The three constituent countries of the [[Danish Realm]] have a common nationality. [[Denmark|Denmark proper]] is a member of the [[European Union]], but [[Greenland]] and [[Faroe Islands]] are not. Danish citizens residing in Greenland or Faroe Islands can choose between holding a [[Danish passport|Danish EU passport]] and a Greenlandic or Faroese non-EU Danish passport.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danish Passport Processing: Triple Passport Version Verification |url=https://regulaforensics.com/blog/danish-passport-processing/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Regula |language=en}}</ref>

As of 21 September 2022, Danish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 188 countries and territories, thus ranking the Danish passport fifth in the world (tied with the passports of [[Austrian passport|Austria]], [[Dutch passport|the Netherlands]], and [[Swedish passport|Sweden]]) according to the [[Henley Passport Index]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Henley Passport Index 2020 Q1 Infographic Global Ranking |url=https://www.henleypassportindex.com/assets/2020/Q1/HENLEY%20PASSPORT%20INDEX%202020%20Q1%20INFOGRAPHIC%20GLOBAL%20RANKING_191219.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629221622/https://www.henleypassportindex.com/assets/2020/Q1/HENLEY%20PASSPORT%20INDEX%202020%20Q1%20INFOGRAPHIC%20GLOBAL%20RANKING_191219.pdf |archive-date=29 June 2021 |access-date=14 July 2021 |language=English}}</ref> According to the [[World Tourism Organization]] 2016 report, the Danish passport is first in the world (tied with Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Singapore, and the United Kingdom) in terms of travel freedom, with the mobility index of 160 (out of 215 with no visa weighted by 1, visa on arrival weighted by 0.7, eVisa by 0.5 and traditional visa weighted by 0).<ref>{{cite web |title=Visa Openness Report 2016 |url=http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/docpdf/2015visaopennessreportonline.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123123959/http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/docpdf/2015visaopennessreportonline.pdf |archive-date=23 January 2016 |access-date=23 January 2016 |publisher=World Tourism Organization}}</ref>

====Serbian Coordination Directorate Passports in Kosovo====
{{main|Coordination Directorate for Kosovo and Metohija|Serbian passport#Kosovo Residents}}

Under Serbian law, people born or otherwise legally settled in Kosovo{{efn|Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the [[Kosovo|Republic of Kosovo]] and the [[Serbia|Republic of Serbia]]. The Republic of Kosovo [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|unilaterally declared independence]] on 17 February 2008. [[Kosovo–Serbia relations|Serbia continues to claim]] it as part of its [[Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija|own sovereign territory]]. The two governments [[Belgrade–Pristina negotiations|began to normalise relations]] in 2013, as part of the [[Brussels Agreement (2013)|2013 Brussels Agreement]]. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by {{#expr:{{Numrec/Kos|N}}-{{Numrec/Kos|W}}}} out of the {{UNnum}} [[member states of the United Nations|United Nations member states]]. In total, {{Numrec|Kosovo}} UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which {{Numrec|Kosovo|W=Y}} later withdrew their recognition.}} are considered Serbian nationals and as such they are entitled to a Serbian passport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glas-javnosti.rs/clanak/drustvo/glas-javnosti-07-11-2008/albanci-hoce-srpski-pasos|title=Najnovije vesti|date=7 November 2008|website=Glas javnosti}}</ref> However, these passports are not issued directly by the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)|Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs]] but by the Serbian [[Coordination Directorate for Kosovo and Metohija]] instead.<ref name="Koordinaciona Uprava za KiM">{{cite web|url=http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/sadrzaj.nsf/biometrijska-dokumenta-KiM.h|title=Kako do biometrijskih dokumenata ako sam stanovnik Kosova i Metohije?|access-date=2021-11-13|archive-date=2013-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020003211/http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/sadrzaj.nsf/biometrijska-dokumenta-KiM.h|url-status=dead}}</ref> These particular passports do not allow the holder to enter the [[Schengen Area]] without a visa.<ref name="Schengen visa list">{{cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2001R0539:20091219:EN:PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420223321/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2001R0539:20091219:EN:PDF|url-status=dead|title=Consolidated version of Council regulation No. 539/2001, as of 19 December 2009|archive-date=20 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="pasos">{{cite web |title=Putna isprava – Pasoš |url=http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave.h |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110064700/http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave.h |archive-date=10 January 2010 |access-date=19 December 2009 |publisher=Ministry of Internal Affairs |language=sr}}</ref>

As of August 2023, Serbian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 138 countries and territories, ranking the Serbian passport 38th overall in terms of travel freedom according to the [[Henley Passport Index]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index/ranking|title=The Official Passport Index Ranking}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.serbianembassy.jp/SRPSKI/Formulari%20i%20slike/Zakon%20o%20putnim%20ispravama%202007.pdf|title=Law on Travel Documents|access-date=2023-11-21|archive-date=2009-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325061012/http://www.serbianembassy.jp/SRPSKI/Formulari%20i%20slike/Zakon%20o%20putnim%20ispravama%202007.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Serbian passport is one of the 5 passports with the most improved rating globally since 2006, in terms of the number of countries that its holders may visit without a visa.<ref>{{Cite press release |publisher=Henley & Partners |title=The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index Celebrates Ten Years |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-henley--partners-visa-restrictions-index-celebrates-ten-years-530277751.html |via=www.prnewswire.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Izdavanje pasoša u diplomatsko-konzularnim predstavništvima Srbije |url=http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave-dkpredstavnistva.h |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924204315/http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave-dkpredstavnistva.h |archive-date=24 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="design">{{cite web |title=Izgled biometrijskog pasoša |url=http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave-izgled.h |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302050717/http://www.mup.gov.rs/cms_lat/dokumenta.nsf/putne-isprave-izgled.h |archive-date=2 March 2010 |access-date=19 December 2009 |publisher=Ministry of Internal Affairs |language=sr}}</ref>

====American Samoa====
{{Main|United States nationality law#Nationals}}

Although all U.S. citizens are also U.S. nationals, the reverse is not true.  As specified in {{usc|8|1408}}, a person whose only connection to the United States is through birth in an outlying possession (which is defined in {{usc|8|1101}} as [[American Samoa]] and [[Swains Island]], the latter of which is administered as part of American Samoa), or through descent from a person so born, acquires U.S. nationality but not the citizenship. This was formerly the case in a few other current or former [[U.S. overseas possessions]], i.e. the [[Panama Canal Zone]] and [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]].<ref>In the [[Panama Canal Zone]] only those persons born there prior to January 1, 2000 with at least one parent as an American citizen were recognised as citizens and were both nationals and citizens. Also in the former [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]] the residents were considered nationals and citizens of the Trust Territory and not American nationals.</ref> The [[United States passport|passport]] issued to non-citizen nationals contains the endorsement code 9 which states: "THE BEARER IS A UNITED STATES NATIONAL AND NOT A UNITED STATES CITIZEN." on the annotations page.<ref>{{Cite journal
|url=https://fam.state.gov/fam/08fam/08fam050502.html#M505_2_2
|title=8 FAM 505.2 Passport Endorsements
|journal=U.S. Department of State
|access-date=2018-07-18
}}
</ref> Non-citizen nationals may reside and work in the United States without restrictions, and may apply for citizenship under the same rules as resident aliens. Like resident aliens, they are [[Right of foreigners to vote in the United States|not presently allowed by any U.S. state to vote in federal or state elections]].