Editing Passport (section)

==== Service/official passports ====
: Issued to senior government officials travelling on state business who are not eligible for diplomatic passports. Holders of official passports are typically entitled to similar immunity from border control inspections. In the [[United States passport|United States of America]], official and service passports are two distinct categories of passport, with official passports being issued to senior government officials while service passports are issued to government contractors.{{efn|Service Passports are issued by the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]] to "certain non-personal services contractors who travel abroad in support of and pursuant to a contract with the U.S. government", to demonstrate the passport holder is travelling "to conduct work in support of the U.S. government while simultaneously indicating that the traveler has a more attenuated relationship with the U.S. government that does not justify a diplomatic or official passport."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/30/2016-23568/passports-service-passports|title=Passports: Service Passports|date=30 September 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://fam.state.gov/fam/07fam/07fam1310.html|title=Introduction to Passport Services|access-date=2021-11-13|archive-date=2018-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802130254/https://fam.state.gov/fam/07fam/07fam1310.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/265151.pdf|title=US Diplomatic Note}}</ref>}}