Certificate of identity
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A certificate of identity issued in Germany in 2008
The Red Cross identitity certificate Adolf Eichmann used to enter Argentina under the fake name Ricardo Klement in 1950, issued by the Italian delegation of the Red Cross of Geneva
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 holders of refugee travel documents, holders of most states' certificates of identity are not per se entitled to readmission into the state which issued the certificate of identity.
Examples
- Australia - Australian Certificate of Identity
- Brunei - Bruneian International Certificate of Identity
- Canada - Canadian Certificate of Identity
- Estonia - Estonian alien's passport
- Hong Kong - Hong Kong Document of Identity for Visa Purposes
- before handover - Hong Kong Certificate of Identity
- Indonesia - Paspor Orang Asing
- Japan - Japan Re-entry Permit
- Macau - Macau Special Administrative Region Travel Permit
- Malaysia - Malaysian Certificate of Identity
- New Zealand - New Zealand Certificate of Identity
- Singapore - Singapore Certificate of Identity
- United Kingdom - British Certificate of Travel
- United States - U.S. Re-entry Permit
See also
- Refugee travel document
- 1954 Convention travel document
- 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
- 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Nansen passport
- World Passport
References
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 travel United Kingdom Home Office
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