What is a passport?

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.

From September 20 1 year 18, passports can be renewed in different places in China. [ 1]?

Since April 20 19, 1, the ordinary passport of the People's Republic of China has been implemented nationwide, that is, mainland residents can apply for entry and exit documents at any entry and exit management window in the country, and the procedures are the same as those at their domicile. [2]?

? From 20 19 and1July, the fee standard for private ordinary passports was reduced from 160 yuan/Ben to 120 yuan/Ben.

In China, the origin of passports can be traced back to the Warring States Period. In ancient China, people used bamboo slips, fabrics, boards, jade or paper to make seals, contracts, photos, passes and Jeff. Fu Chuan, Zheng Lu, Lu Yin and other documents entered and exited the Guanjin frontier fortress, which recorded the contents similar to modern visas.

In the Qing Dynasty, according to the identification of the pass documents, the function, convenience and necessary assistance of "protection" and "care" were requested from the border inspection authorities. In the 20th century, the Qing court attached great importance to the management of passports, and the category of "travel passports" appeared. Jilin General yamen has also formulated a passport-style passport charter.

During the Republic of China, the central government formulated a relatively complete passport system, and the National Government promulgated the Passport Regulations on June1932+1October 3/KLOC-0.

After the founding of New China, passports of the People's Republic of China were printed and activated, and the system of printing, issuing, using and managing passports was formulated. [4]?

The western name of passport comes not from "seaport", but from the documents used to pass through the gate of the city wall in the Middle Ages. The word "passport" was first translated into "passport" in 1845, and it has been used ever since.

Nansen passport is an internationally recognized identity card, which was first introduced by the League of Nations. It was designed for stateless refugees. 1922 was designed by Norwegian diplomat Friedjoff Vedel-Jasberg Nansen; Until 1942, 52 countries recognized the passport and issued about 450,000 copies to help hundreds of thousands of stateless people emigrate to other countries. Coordinated the issuance of Nansen International Refugee Relief Agency in nansen passport and won the Nobel Peace Prize with 1938.

In recent years, biometric information has been introduced into passports to improve identity security. This raises a question, can some technologies effectively improve passports? Due to the lack of reliable results, the United States delayed the introduction of this technology.

1949 before the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the regime of the * * * production party in China issued passports in the liberated areas, such as the passports issued by the government of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region, which were plain yellow paper of 16 with photos on the front and "regulations on the use of passports" on the back. The signer of his passport is the director of the border security department, and the guarantor is the director of the communication department of the border government. The passport seal is the national emblem of the Republic of China, with a "five-pointed star" below. In addition, the issuing units of the stamps are the Security Department of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government and the General Logistics Department of the Eighth Route Army. In addition, there is a note equivalent to "visa" at the signature.