Syrian passport | |
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Type | Passport |
Issued by | Syria |
First issued | 1929 (first version) 21 August 2023 [1](biometric) |
Purpose | Identification |
Eligibility | Syrian citizenship |
Expiration | 6 years |
Member State of the Arab League |
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The Syrian passport ( Arabic: جواز السفر السوري) is a travel document issued by Syria's Department of Immigration and Passports to Syrian citizens for international travel. Syrian passports are normally valid for six years; however, for men about to perform military service, they are valid for two years, and they have to get permission from the conscription department for a renewal for another two years.
Passport Application Fees differ inside the country and outside:
Outside the country: [2]
$800 for urgent passport(11,000,000 SYP).
$300 for normal speed passport(4,125,000 SYP).
Inside the country: [3]
1,526,250 SYP(~$111) for instant passport.
137,500 SYP(~$10) for expedited passport.
96,250 SYP(~$7) for normal passport.
In April 2015, Syria changed its passport requirements so that Syrians outside Syria, including refugees who have fled the Syrian Civil War, are eligible for passports without an intelligence service review. Passports will be issued to Syrians "even if they left in an illegal manner or they hold non-official passports or travel documents", referring to passports issued by Syrian opposition representatives in Qatar. At the same time, fees required for passports were doubled to $800 for a new passports and $300 for a renewal. [4]
The passport for a mission ends as soon as the mission is completed, and its holder arrives in Syrian territory. As for the diplomatic and special passports, they lose their value when the holder arrives in Syrian territory, since the diplomatic and special passport loses its immunity when its holder arrives in the country that granted him the diplomatic or special passport.
In late 2016, Syria's Department of Immigration and Passports announced that it is planning to change to biometric passports. [5] In early 2019, Syria announced that it is getting ready to release its new passport. [6] In August 2023, Syria officially issued biometric passport and French language has been removed. [7]
Syrian passports include the following data on the information page:
The information page ends with the machine readable zone.
The items are identified by text in Arabic and English (e.g., "تاريخ الولادة / Date of birth")
The passports contain inside the front cover a note that is addressed to the authorities of all countries and territories, identifying the bearer as a citizen of Syria and requesting that he or she be allowed to pass and be treated according to international norms:
In Arabic:
In English:
As of 2 July 2023, Syrian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 29 countries and territories, ranking the Syrian passport 110th in the world which is the second least powerful passport in the world, only behind Afghanistan, according to the Henley Passport Index. [8]
Syrian passport | |
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Type | Passport |
Issued by | Syria |
First issued | 1929 (first version) 21 August 2023 [1](biometric) |
Purpose | Identification |
Eligibility | Syrian citizenship |
Expiration | 6 years |
Member State of the Arab League |
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The Syrian passport ( Arabic: جواز السفر السوري) is a travel document issued by Syria's Department of Immigration and Passports to Syrian citizens for international travel. Syrian passports are normally valid for six years; however, for men about to perform military service, they are valid for two years, and they have to get permission from the conscription department for a renewal for another two years.
Passport Application Fees differ inside the country and outside:
Outside the country: [2]
$800 for urgent passport(11,000,000 SYP).
$300 for normal speed passport(4,125,000 SYP).
Inside the country: [3]
1,526,250 SYP(~$111) for instant passport.
137,500 SYP(~$10) for expedited passport.
96,250 SYP(~$7) for normal passport.
In April 2015, Syria changed its passport requirements so that Syrians outside Syria, including refugees who have fled the Syrian Civil War, are eligible for passports without an intelligence service review. Passports will be issued to Syrians "even if they left in an illegal manner or they hold non-official passports or travel documents", referring to passports issued by Syrian opposition representatives in Qatar. At the same time, fees required for passports were doubled to $800 for a new passports and $300 for a renewal. [4]
The passport for a mission ends as soon as the mission is completed, and its holder arrives in Syrian territory. As for the diplomatic and special passports, they lose their value when the holder arrives in Syrian territory, since the diplomatic and special passport loses its immunity when its holder arrives in the country that granted him the diplomatic or special passport.
In late 2016, Syria's Department of Immigration and Passports announced that it is planning to change to biometric passports. [5] In early 2019, Syria announced that it is getting ready to release its new passport. [6] In August 2023, Syria officially issued biometric passport and French language has been removed. [7]
Syrian passports include the following data on the information page:
The information page ends with the machine readable zone.
The items are identified by text in Arabic and English (e.g., "تاريخ الولادة / Date of birth")
The passports contain inside the front cover a note that is addressed to the authorities of all countries and territories, identifying the bearer as a citizen of Syria and requesting that he or she be allowed to pass and be treated according to international norms:
In Arabic:
In English:
As of 2 July 2023, Syrian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 29 countries and territories, ranking the Syrian passport 110th in the world which is the second least powerful passport in the world, only behind Afghanistan, according to the Henley Passport Index. [8]