What's the difference between an official passport and an ordinary official passport?

Official passport is a passport issued to national public servants, and some countries call it "official passport" of government officials.

Ordinary passport refers to the passport issued to ordinary citizens (that is, ordinary people).

Introduction:

Official passports are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the embassies and consulates of the people's Republic of China abroad or other overseas institutions entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the foreign affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities with districts entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to civil servants at or above the county level in China, staff of China's diplomatic missions, consular offices, organizations and specialized agencies accredited to the United Nations and their accompanying spouses and minor children.

Awarded to:

Official passports are mainly issued to officials at or above the deputy division level of government departments at all levels, diplomatic missions abroad, consular offices, staff of the United Nations system and its specialized agencies, their accompanying spouses, minor children, etc.

Ordinary official passports are mainly issued to cadres at or below the deputy division level of government departments at all levels, as well as those who go abroad on business in state-owned enterprises and institutions.

Issued by:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for issuing diplomatic passports, official passports and ordinary official passports, and handling various formalities for the above-mentioned official passports. Since the new diplomatic passport was launched on May 1 2002, diplomatic passports have been uniformly issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the foreign affairs offices of the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the foreign affairs offices of the people's governments of cities with separate plans, special economic zones and coastal open cities are responsible for issuing official passports and ordinary official passports, and handling all kinds of formalities for the above-mentioned official passports. After the opening of the new diplomatic passport, the foreign affairs offices of the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be responsible for applying to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are 60 passport issuing agencies in China.

Visa-free country-Korea

2014165438+1October 10 China and South Korea sign visa exemption agreement for diplomats and official passports.

According to the agreement, the application scope of the Agreement between China and South Korea on Visa Waiver for Diplomats' Passports, which came into effect on August 20 13, will be extended to those who hold official passports of China and South Korea. Citizens of the two countries can enter the other country visa-free with diplomatic passports and valid official passports, and stay for up to 30 days.

The agreement came into effect 30 days after the two countries informed each other of the date of completing the relevant domestic procedures.