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Passport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (5421 words) |
 | A passport is a formal identity document or certification issued by a national government that identifies the holder as a national of a particular state, and requests permission, in the name of the sovereign or government of the issuing country, for the bearer to be permitted to enter and pass through other countries. |
| Once the passport is expired, in order to get a new passport a person is required to surrender the expired passport, or have a passport office place holes through the cover, negating the effect of the expired passport (used in the United States). |
| The real rationale is that, in a monarchy, passports are issued in the name of the monarch to her subjects, asking foreign governments to grant the passport holders free passage, assistance, and protection. |
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