Editing Passport (section)

==Limitations on use==

[[File:2018 singapore passport cover.jpg|thumb| Singaporean Passport, the world's strongest passport as of 2025]]
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A passport is merely an identity document that is widely recognised for international travel purposes, and the possession of a passport does not in itself entitle a traveller to enter any country other than the country that issued it, and sometimes not even then, as with holders of the [[British Overseas citizen]] passport. Many countries normally require visitors to obtain a visa. Each country has different requirements or conditions for the grant of visas, such as for the visitor not being likely to become a public charge for financial, health, family, or other reasons, and the holder not having been convicted of a crime or considered likely to commit one.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uscis.gov/iframe/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-2006.html|title=ilink – USCIS|work=uscis.gov|access-date=2014-04-24|archive-date=2016-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308050051/https://www.uscis.gov/iframe/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-2006.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/chris-brown-wont-be-able-to-come-to-australia-unless-he-challenges-visa-refusal-20150927-gjvqfq.html|title=Chris Brown won't be able to come to Australia unless he challenges visa refusal and wins|first=Latika|last=Bourke|date=September 27, 2015|website=The Age}}</ref> Where a country does not recognise another, or is in dispute with it, entry may be prohibited to holders of passports of the other party to the dispute, and sometimes to others who have, for example, visited the other country; examples are listed below. A country that issues a passport may also restrict its validity or use in specified circumstances, such as use for travel to certain countries for political, security, or health reasons.

Many nations implement border controls restricting the entry of people of certain nationalities or who have visited certain countries. For instance, Georgia refuses entry to holders of passports issued by the Republic of China.<ref name=timatic>{{cite web|title=Country information (passport section)|work=[[Timatic]]|publisher=[[International Air Transport Association]] (IATA) through [[Olympic Air]] |url=http://cms.olympicair.com/timatic/webdocsI/countryinfo.html |access-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129030557/http://cms.olympicair.com/timatic/webdocsI/countryinfo.html |archive-date=29 January 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly, since April 2017, nationals of Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Iran have been banned from entering the parts of eastern Libya under the control of the [[House of Representatives (Libya)|Tobruk government]].<ref name=timatic/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/4/11/khalifa-haftar-introduces-a-muslim-ban-in-east-libya |title=Khalifa Haftar introduces a 'Muslim ban' in east Libya|first=Robert|last=Cusack|date=11 April 2017 |website=Alaraby.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.libyanexpress.com/haftar-issues-travel-ban-on-six-muslim-countries-in-eastern-libya/|title=Haftar issues travel ban on six Muslim countries in eastern Libya |publisher=Libyan Express|date=11 April 2017 |website=Libyanexpress.com|access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref> The Pakistani passports explicitly mention that these passports are valid in all countries except Israel. The majority of [[Arab]] countries, as well as Iran and Malaysia, ban Israeli citizens;<ref name=timatic/> however, exceptional entry to Malaysia is possible with approval from the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysia)|Ministry of Home Affairs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imi.gov.my/index.php/en/main-services/visa/visa-requirement-by-country|title=Visa requirements by country |publisher=Immigration Department of Malaysia|access-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210231743/http://www.imi.gov.my/index.php/en/main-services/visa/visa-requirement-by-country|archive-date=10 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Certain countries may also restrict entry to those with Israeli stamps or visas in their passports. As a result of tension over the former [[Republic of Artsakh]] dispute, Azerbaijan currently forbids entry to Armenian citizens as well as to individuals with proof of travel to Artsakh.
[[File:Pakistani passport not valid for Israel.jpg|thumb|Text on a Pakistani passport saying that the passport is not valid for Israel.]]

Between September 2017 and January 2021, the [[United States of America]] did not issue new visas to nationals of Iran, North Korea, Libya, Somalia, Syria, or Yemen pursuant to [[Presidential Proclamation 9645|restrictions]] imposed by the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/us/politics/new-order-bars-almost-all-travel-from-seven-countries.html |title=New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel from Seven Countries |newspaper=The New York Times |date=24 September 2017 |last1=Shear |first1=Michael D.}}</ref> which were subsequently repealed by the [[Biden administration]] on 20 January 2021.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|date=2021-01-21 |title=Proclamation on Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to The United States|website=The White House |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/proclamation-ending-discriminatory-bans-on-entry-to-the-united-states/|access-date=2021-01-24}}</ref> While in force, the restrictions were conditional and could be lifted if the countries affected meet the required security standards specified by the Trump administration, and [[Multiple citizenship|dual citizens]] of these countries could still enter if they presented a passport from a non-designated country.