Certificate of identity
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A certificate of identity, sometimes called an alien's passport, is a travel document
issued by states to stateless persons
residing within their borders and foreign nationals who are unable to obtain a passport from their state of nationality. Some states also issue certificates of identity to their own nationals as a form of emergency passport. Unlike refugee travel documents, holders of certificates of identity are, in general, not automatically entitled to be readmitted into the state which issued the certificate of identity.
Travel document
A travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international treaty organization to facilitate the movement of individuals or small groups of persons across international boundaries...
issued by states to stateless persons
Statelessness
Statelessness is a legal concept describing the lack of any nationality. It is the absence of a recognized link between an individual and any state....
residing within their borders and foreign nationals who are unable to obtain a passport from their state of nationality. Some states also issue certificates of identity to their own nationals as a form of emergency passport. Unlike refugee travel documents, holders of certificates of identity are, in general, not automatically entitled to be readmitted into the state which issued the certificate of identity.
See also
- Refugee Travel Document
- 1954 Convention Travel Document1954 Convention Travel DocumentA 1954 Convention travel document is a travel document issued to a stateless person by a signatory to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons...
- 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons-Surrounding events:The United Nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights were approved on 10 December 1948. Of significance, the Declaration at Article 15 affirms that Everyone has the right to a nationality....
- 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness1961 Convention on the Reduction of StatelessnessThe Convention was originally intended as a Protocol to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, while the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons was adopted to cover stateless persons who are not refugees and therefore not within the scope of the Convention Relating...
- Nansen passportNansen passportNansen passports were internationally recognized identity cards first issued by the League of Nations to stateless refugees.-Origins:Designed in 1921 by Fridtjof Nansen, in 1942 they were honored by governments in 52 countries and were the first refugee travel documents...
- Hong Kong Certificate of IdentityHong Kong Certificate of IdentityThe Hong Kong Certificate of Identity was a formal travel document and passport, issued by the Hong Kong Government's Immigration Department until June 30, 1997...
- Japan Re-entry PermitJapan Re-entry PermitThe Japan Re-entry Permit is a travel document similar to a Certificate of Identity, issued by Japan's Ministry of Justice.There is also a stamp-type Japan Re-entry Permit , which is pasted into a passport or other travel document.-Eligibility:...
External links
- Travel documents Passport Canada
- Certificate of identity Fijian embassy to the United States
- Certificate of identity Malaysia
- Refugee travel documents and certificates of identity New Zealand Dept. of Internal Affairs
- Certificates of identity Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
- Certificate of identity United Kingdom Home Office