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Migration and Home Affairs

Definition(s)

A document issued by a government or international treaty organisation which is acceptable proof of identity for the purpose of entering another country.

Source(s)

Derived by EMN from IOM Glossary on Migration, 2nd ed., 2011

Translations

  • BG: документ за пътуване
  • CS: cestovní doklad
  • DE: Reisedokument
  • EL: ταξιδιωτικό έγγραφο
  • EN: travel document
  • ES: documento de viaje
  • ET: reisidokument
  • FI: matkustusasiakirja
  • FR: document de voyage
  • GA: doiciméad taistil
  • HR: putna isprava
  • HU: úti okmány
  • IT: documento di viaggio
  • LT: kelionės dokumentas
  • LV: ceļošanas dokuments
  • MT: Dokument tal-ivvjaġġar
  • NL: reisdocument
  • PL: dokument podróży
  • PT: documento de viagem
  • RO: document de călătorie
  • SK: cestovný doklad
  • SL: potna listina / potovalni dokument
  • SV: resehandling
  • NO: reisedokument
  • KA: სამგზავრო დოკუმენტი
  • UK: проїзний документ
  • HY: ճամփորդական փաստաթուղթ

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Note(s)

1. Passports and visas are the most widely used forms of travel documents.
2. Some States also accept certain identity cards or other documents, such as residence permits.