Editing Passport (section)

=== Emergency passport ===
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Emergency passports (also called temporary passports) are issued to persons with urgent need to travel who do not have passports, e.g. someone abroad whose passport has been lost or stolen who needs to travel home within a few days, someone whose passport expires abroad, or someone who urgently needs to travel abroad who does not have a passport with sufficient validity. These passports are intended for very short durations, e.g. to allow immediate one-way travel back to the home country. [[Laissez-passer]] are also used for this purpose.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guidance ECB08: What are acceptable travel documents for entry clearance|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-are-acceptable-travel-documents-for-entry-clearance-ecb08/ecb08-what-are-acceptable-travel-documents-for-entry-clearance|access-date=19 March 2015}}</ref> Uniquely, the United Kingdom issues emergency passports to citizens of certain [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth states]] who lose their passports in non-Commonwealth countries where their home state does not maintain a diplomatic or consular mission.