International passport

In some countries, the international passport or passport for travel abroad is a second passport, in addition to the internal passport, required for a citizen to travel abroad the country of residence. In the United States, a passport inside the country is not required and issued to enable travel abroad.

Russian international passport

Russian passports are of two types: domestic passports issued to citizens of Russia for the purpose of certifying identity, international passports are issued for the purpose of international travel.

The Russian internal passport serves as an identity document only within Russia and small number of ex-Soviet Union countries (such as Ukraine). Passport for travel abroad (in Russian: заграничный паспорт, zagranichny pasport sometimes translated as international passport or foreign passport) is required for travel abroad to all other countries.

Two types of passports are being issued now in Russia: old type passport and new type biometric passport. Both passport are currently valid for only 5 years, but the new law have presently passed introducing 10 years validity and increase in number of pages up to 46 (from 36 for the old type passports) for biometric passports only.

A citizen can be denied a passport for travel abroad, and hence the right to leave Russia if (s)he:

• had, in order to get access to classified information, signed a contract with the government that included a provision restricting his/her right to leave the country;
• has been conscripted to the military or alternative civil service;
• is a defendant under criminal prosecution or convicted by court (with unspent conviction);
• is in breach of a court order;
• provided false information in his/her application.

Children under 18 travelling without being accompained by at least one parent must have written consent of both parents ceritified by a notary.

In addition to the standard zagranichny pasport there are three special-purpose types of passports for traveling abroad: diplomatic passport, service passport (issued to government employees going abroad on official business) and seaman's passport.


Ukrainian international passport

The Ukrainian passport is a document issued to the nationals of Ukraine as the main proof of Ukrainian citizenship. There are two types of passport issued by the Ukrainian government that are commonly known as internal passport and international passport. An internal passport is used as a primary identification document of Ukrainian citizens within Ukraine. An international passport is used for international travel.

Passport for travel abroad, commonly known as "international passport" is a document used for travel abroad Ukraine. The information in the passport is given in Ukrainian and English. A citizen applies for the passport at will, and the passport is issued for 10 years. More than one valid international passport is allowed to be issued to a person who travels abroad frequently.

The Ukrainian international passport follows international standards. Machine-readable passports with two machine-readable strings at the bottom of the first page have been issues since mid 1990s. Current Ukrainian international passport looks like a biometric one, but doesn't have any biometric information in it. Legislation, which permits taking fingerprints hasn't been voted yet.

The photo in the passports issued since 2007 is black and white, laser imprinted. As one of the security features, an additional holder's photo is specially imprinted to be seen only when looking to the light though the page of the passport. Previously, passports used to be issued either with a steak in color photo or with a color imprinted photo. The previously issued passports continue to be valid until their expiration date.

Ukrainian law allows for issuing international passports with 32 and 64 pages, but in practice only 32-page passports have been issued. Recently issues international passports have blue-color cover. The cover of the international passports issued in 1990s was red, allowing for easy visual distinction with blue-color internal passports.

The first and last name in the international passport by default are transliterated from Ukrainian to English according to the National transliteration system (1996). However, a person has an option to request the desired English spelling of his first and last name, if he holds any foreign-issued document with such transliteration spelling.

International Passports are issued only to citizens of age 18 and older (16 and older in case of permanent foreign residency). Prior to that age, Ukrainian citizens are issued Travel Document of a Child (PR type), which looks pretty much like a passport, is valid for 3 years, and has only 8 pages in it. In some very rare case Ukrainians are allowed to have International Passport before the age of 18 or 16, but it also is valid for only 3 years. If Ukrainian child has been adopted by a foreign citizen - he is issued regular International Passport, which is valid for 10 years, just as for adults, instead of issuing Travel Document of a Child.