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Generally one has to be a citizen of a country to hold a passport of a country. Exceptions are few, but include refugees who can be given temporary papers by a country.
People can be citizens of several countries at the same time and hold several different passports at the same time.
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Who can and cannot get a passport?
To get a UK passport you must be a citizen of the UK.A passport is proof of identity and proof of citizenship. Therefore you can only get a passport for a country if you are a citizen of that country (with very few exceptions).
How can a non citizen get a US passport?
http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_781.html
How can request Liechtenstein passport?
In order to get a Liechtenstein passport, or that of any other country, you need to be a citizen of that country. If you are not a Liechtenstein citizen you can't get a Liechtenstein passport.
To get a Swedish passport do you have to be a Swedish citizen if you are foreign and have a parent from that Sweden?
In order to get a Swedish passport you have to be a Swedish citizen. Once you are a citizen you can get the passport. That's what it means to have a passport - it shows that you are a citizen of the country in question.
Do you need a passport to travel to Colorado?
Not if you are a US citizen. If you are a citizen of the country, you can travel to any place part of the country without a passport.
Can you obtain a passport from a city which is not your native?
Passports aren't issued by cities, they are issued by countries. In order to have a passport, you need to be a citizen of the country you are applying to. So if you are a British citizen, you get a UK passport, if you are a Canadian citizen, you get a Canadian passport. It doesn't matter where you were born, it's what country you are a citizen. If you don't have citizenship then you cannot have a passport. Ex: A Canadian citizen, who is NOT an American citizen cannot have a US passport.
Which airlines insist on a passport to fly to ireland?
When you enter a country, you have to have a passport--even if you are a citizen of that country.
Do permanent residents need a special passport to travel abroad?
You need the passport of the country of which you are a citizen. You cannot have a US passport until you are a US citizen.
Can a Canadian citizen obtain an Italian passport?
In order to get an Italian passport you need to be an Italian citizen. The same applies to any country's passports. That is the purpose of a passport, it is a proof of citizen. So the question is really: are you an Italian citizen? Or can you get Italian citizenship (naturalisation or because one of your parents was Italian).
Are you a citizen if you have a passport?
Having a passport does not necessarily make you a citizen of a particular country. Citizenship is determined by the laws of the country you were born in, the citizenship status of your parents, or through the process of naturalization. A passport is simply a travel document issued by a government to its citizens for international travel.
How does a Turkish citizen get a German passport?
In order to get a German passport one must be a German citizen.
Is there an international passport?
Usually your passport depends on your citizenship. If you are a citizen of your country, lets say the USA then you have a US passport. You can also have a dual passport, depending on your citizenship again. You might be a naturalized citizen in one country and a citizen by birth in another. Sometimes, people working for the United Nations or a related organization may have passports issued by the UN.
