Venezuelan passports are issued to citizens of Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 to travel outside of the country. Biometric passport

Biometric passport

A biometric passport, also known as an e-passport or ePassport, is a combined paper and electronic passport that contains biometric information that can be used to authenticate the identity of travelers...

s have been issued since July 2007, with a RFID chip containing a picture and fingerprints.

Current Venezuelan passports feature a biometric symbol on the bottom of the cover, the passport cover also shows the name "República Bolivariana de Venezuela" on the top. The biometric passport contains 34 pages, and the holder's personal information is written in a digital format on a plastic card. The plastic card also features a machine readable zone on the bottom, and a picture of the holder on the left.

According to Venezuelan law, all passports versions issued before are valid until it's expiration date.

In the future, as Venezuelan full membership to the group is still pending, the Venezuelan government might change the passport format to the Mercosur

Mercosur

Mercosur or Mercosul is an economic and political agreement among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Founded in 1991 by the Treaty of Asunción, which was later amended and updated by the 1994 Treaty of Ouro Preto. Its purpose is to promote free trade and the fluid movement of goods, people,...

model, consisting of a deep blue color cover and the use of the Mercosur inscription.