| Somaliland Passport Baasaboorka Somaliland (Somali) جواز سفر cover of Somaliland passport (Arabic) | |
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Data page of a first generation biometric passport
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| Type | Passport |
| Issued by |  Somaliland Immigration[1] |
| First issued | 1996 (first version) 14 September 2014 (biometric version) |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility |  Somalilander citizenship |
| Expiration | 5 years |
| Cost | $110 for Somaliland National ID holders. |
The Somaliland passport (Somali: Baasaboorka Somaliland, Arabic: جواز سفر صوماليلاندي) is the passport issued to citizens of the unrecognized country of Somaliland for international travel.[2][3][4] A passport was issued for the first time in 1996, and a biometric passport was in 2014, in line with new global standards and the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
The color of the Somaliland passport is black, and it bears the symbol of the state's sovereignty. It also bears the following inscriptions in the Somali, Arabic and English languages:.
Above:
"Republic of Somaliland" (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland) (Arabic: الجمهورية صومالي لاند)
In the center: there is the Emblem of Somaliland
Below: «Passport» (Somali: Baasaboor) (Arabic: جواز سفر)
Notably, the three-letter code used in Somaliland passports to represent the country and nationality is RSL, which is absent from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 list of country codes.
Citizens with a Somaliland travel document can go to the following countries:
There are a number of types of Somaliland passports:
Media related to Passports of Somaliland at Wikimedia Commons|
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