Guyanese passport
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Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
for international travel. As of July 2007, Guyana has issued the common Caribbean passport
Caribbean passport
The CARICOM passport is a passport document issued by the 15 member states of the Caribbean Community for their citizens. It can be used both for intra-regional and international travel. The passport was created to facilitate intra-region travel....
, featuring the logo of the Caribbean Community
Caribbean Community
The Caribbean Community is an organisation of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies. CARICOM's main purposes are to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy...
on the cover.
The passport contains 32 pages and is issued for a validity period of 5 years. New machine readable passports are issued by the Passport Office within 5-7 days in Guyana. The old Green cover passports remain valid until the end of their stated period of validity.
All passports are processed and issued by the Central Immigration and Passport Office (an arm of the Guyana Police Force) in Georgetown, Guyana. The Passport Office falls under the purview of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Types
Ordinary Passports: Dark Blue cover issued to citizens for ordinary travel.Service Passports: Green cover for official/government business.
Diplomatic Passports: Red Cover.
The note contained in the pre-Guyana CARICOM Passport reads:
"These are to request and require in the name of the President of the Republic of Guyana all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance, and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary."