Azerbaijani passport

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The Azerbaijani passport is issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan to the citizens of Azerbaijan for international travel. Ordinary passports are valid for 10 years (since 2007) from the date of issue and contain 34 visa pages. Passport content is printed both in Azerbaijani and in English. As of 12 May 2023, Azerbaijani citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 80 countries and territories, ranking the Azerbaijani passport 59th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.

Types of passports

Physical appearance

The coat of arms of Azerbaijan is printed in relief on the center of the front cover with "Azərbaycan Respublikası" in Azerbaijani and "Republic of Azerbaijan" in English above the coat of arms along with "PASPORT" and "PASSPORT" printed below. The passport is 88 x 125 mm in size, with 54 pages. Azerbaijani passports can be one of several colors, depending on type: ordinary passports are dark green, official passports are dark blue, and diplomatic passports are dark red.

Information page

Azerbaijani passports include the following data on the information page:

Biometric passport

Biometric Azerbaijani passports were announced on 17 July 2012. The new passport booklet design is in compliance with ICAO Doc 9303. The e-passport sign, indicating the presence of a RFID chip, is placed on the cover of the passport, as well as above the photo of the holder on the main rigid information page which contains the RFID chip. It also contains a machine readable zone at the bottom of the page. The overall design of the new booklet, apart from the above-mentioned features, does not differ from the previous non-biometric booklet design.

Visa requirements

As of April 2023, Azerbaijani citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 69 countries and territories, ranking the Azerbaijani passport 73rd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.

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