Passport Documentation - Types, Content and Validity Period

By: Shazia Butt Posted on Mon, 21-03-2016

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Passport Documentation - The Types, Content and Validity Period

 

A passport is basically a travel document, which is officially issued by the government of the country where you are born, in order to certify your identity and nationality, making it easy for you to travel abroad. A passport contains information like your complete name, date and place of your birth, your photograph, signature and other identifying information. The color of the passport totally depends on the country in which you are born.

The Thai passport is only issued to the national and citizens of Thailand, by the Passport Division of the Consular Affairs Department, within the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The color of the ordinary as well as diplomatic passport here is dark red, while the official passport has a blue cover and the temporary passport is green. All the passports here, have the Thailand Emblem decorated on it. In addition, all passports, containing 50 pages, have Thailand passport written on it. Want to know more about the passport documentation in Thailand, get in touch with the Thai passport documentation translation services.

Detailed information about this topic can be achieved from several books that are easily available everywhere. Thai, not being an easy language, a lot of people cannot read or understand it. Here, you can make use of the document translation services, which can make it much easier for everyone to understand. Let’s look at the key elements relating to different types of passports.

Types of Passports

Nowadays, passports issued by several countries in the world, are characterized into 3 different types. These passports can be diplomatic, official and regular. Some countries like UK, issue only one type of passport, while some others like India, Pakistan etc issue 2 passports, but on the other hand countries like US, France etc can issue 4-5 types of passports.

Diplomatic passports are issued to those people with diplomatic status, like diplomat or consul or the head of the state, delegation members of the congress, government officials who are going abroad for either national affairs or other official activities. The official passport is issued to the government official of the country; all countries issue this type of passport for the staff members, working in the embassy or consular abroad, even though they don’t have any diplomatic status. The regular passport is issued to all the other citizens of the country, for different reasons for travelling abroad.

Contents of the Passport

Regarding the content, all countries have the same requirements of what needs to be included in the passport. They all contain the national emblem, with the country’s full name and type printed on the front cover, while the details of using it is printed on the back cover. Since, extensions for expired passports are allowed in all the countries, that is why the passport contains specific pages for these extensions or any remarks to be made.

To facilitate countries just in order to issue visas, several additional blank pages are included, imprinted with the word Visa, on each one. The texts that are printed on it are mostly in the native language of the country, where it has been issued.

Numerous people living in Thailand are not familiar with the language here. So, they can easily take help from the Document Translation. Along with this, making use of the Thai Passport Documentation Translation Services can be of extreme help, if you want to apply for a passport and are looking for the details.

The Validity Period

A passport is not a permanent authorization, but simply a document that has a validity period. It is also the legal proof of your identity, only within the validity period. But after this period ends, the passport is found to be invalid without any legal status. The period of validity issued by different countries is changeable, which is respectively 1, 2, 3 and maybe even 5years. But in some other countries the validity period goes up to 10 years.

Generally, some countries issue a visa for just 6 months, but if the validity period is less than 6 months then, you will have to apply for an extension or renewal. In order to apply for a visa, you will have to go to either the Embassy or the Consulate. Take advantage of the Thai Passport Documentation Translation Services, if you have any more questions regarding this topic.