Composition of South African Passport

The information on the passport includes: name, gender, nationality, date of birth, place of birth, issuing place, issuing authority, issuing time and validity period.

Passport is a legal document issued by a country to prove the nationality and identity of its citizens when they enter and leave the country and travel or stay abroad. The word Passport means port pass in English. In other words, a passport is a passport for citizens to pass through international ports in various countries. Therefore, some countries in the world usually issue passes instead of passports.