| Interpol e-Passport Booklet | |
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The biographical data page inside the prototype Interpol e-Passport Booklet
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| Type | Passport |
| Issued by | Interpol |
| First issued | 13 October 2009[1] |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Valid in | Interpol member countries |
| Eligibility | Interpol officers travelling on official duty |
| Interpol e-Identification Card | |
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The front of an Interpol e-Identification Card
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The reverse of an Interpol e-Identification Card
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| Type | Identity Card |
| Issued by | Interpol |
| First issued | 7 November 2010[2] |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Valid in | Interpol member countries |
| Eligibility | Interpol officers travelling on official duty |
AnInterpol Travel Document is a travel document issued to Interpol officers for travel to Interpol member countries. They are intended to reduce response times for personnel deployed to assist with transnational criminal investigations, major events or emergency situations by waiving normal visa requirements.[3]
The travel documents consist of an e-Passport Booklet and an e-Identification Card identifying the holder as an Interpol officer, granting them special immigration status when travelling on official Interpol duties to participating member countries.[4]
The Interpol Travel Document initiative proposal was approved by Interpol's Executive Committee in March 2009 and was unanimously ratified by Interpol member countries at the 79th Interpol General Assembly in Doha in November 2010.[5]
The e-Passport Booklet contains 34 visa pages and a polycarbonate machine readable bio-data page. The cover is black with silver embossing on the front. The word "INTERPOL" in both Latin (INTERPOL) and Arabic (الإنتربول) script appears at the top, with the Interpol logo below. The word for 'Passport' then follows in all four official Interpol languages: English (PASSPORT), French (PASSEPORT), Spanish (PASAPORTE), and Arabic (جواز السفر). The biometric passport symbol appears at the bottom of the cover. The bio-data page features the holder's name, date and place of birth, photograph and signature, their job title, the passport number, the issuer code "XPO", and its issue and expiry dates. A machine readable strip runs along the bottom of the page.
The e-Identification Card is a light blue polycarbonate smartcard. The front features the Interpol logo overlaid with the holder's biographical data, photograph and signature, the document number and its expiry date. The reverse features the officer's job title, the card's issue date, the issuer code "XPO", and a machine readable strip.
The Interpol travel documents were developed by the EDAPS Consortium[6] and Entrust, Inc.[7] The passport contains 29[8] security features including laser engraving and an electronic RFID chip storing the holder's biometric data, as well as holographic, micrographic, and optical security elements.[9] Both travel documents meet the relevant ICAO/ISO standards and have been allocated the three-letter country code 'XPO'. The passports are produced in Kyiv by EDAPS and can be printed and dispatched in less than two hours after an individual's personal data has been received.[8]
Each participating member country decides whether to recognise either the e-Passport Booklet and/or the e-Identification Card and whether they need be used in conjunction with or without a valid national passport. The holder is then granted visa exemption, expedited visa processing or some other special visa treatment depending on the individual arrangement.
It was anticipated by Interpol that 100 members would have recognised the documents in time for Interpol's 83rd General Assembly in Monaco in November 2014, which marked the 100th anniversary of the first International Criminal Police Congress.[10] This was achieved by the conclusion of the 83rd General Assembly.
As of July 2017, the travel documents are accepted in either, or both its forms (e-Passport Booklet and/or e-Identification Card), sometimes to be used in conjunction with a valid national passport, by 103 of Interpol's 192 member countries.[11]
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Bangladesh
Belarus
Benin
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
Curaçao
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
DR Congo
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Fiji
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Iraq
Italy
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
North Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Qatar
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Sint Maarten
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Turkey
Togo
Uganda
United States of America
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yemen
Zimbabwe|
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