Bruneian passport

Bruneian Passports are issued to citizens of Brunei for the purpose of international travel. When Brunei was a British colony, British passports were used.[1]

Bruneian passport
The front cover of a contemporary Bruneian biometric passport.
TypePassport
Issued by Brunei
First issued5 May 2008 (biometric version)
PurposeIdentification
EligibilityBruneian citizenship
Expiration5 years

Validity

The Bruneian Passport is valid for a period of 5 years. To travel overseas, a passport must be valid for at least six months into the future.

Biometric passport

Since 2008, all Brunei passports contain biometric features. The biometric passport contains a chip which stores facial and fingerprint image.[2]

Brunei passport is coloured red. Brunei's coat of arms is in the middle of the front of the Brunei passport, with the name of the country above it and "passport" below it.

Identification page
  • Passport holder photo (Width: 40mm, Height: 52mm; Head height (up to the top of the hair): 35mm; Distance from top the of the photo to the top of the hair: 6mm)[3]
  • Type ("P" for passport)
  • Code of the country
  • Serial number of the passport
  • Surname and first name of the passport holder
  • Citizenship
  • Date of birth (DD.MM.YYYY)
  • Gender (M for men or F for women)
  • Place of Birth
  • Date of issue (DD.MM.YYYY)
  • Passport holder's signature
  • Expiry date (DD.MM.YYYY)

Languages

The data page/information page is printed in Malay and English.

Visa requirements
Main article: Visa requirements for Bruneian citizens
Countries and territories with visa-free entries or visas on arrival for holders of regular Bruneian passports

As of 28 September 2019, Bruneian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 165 countries and territories, ranking the Bruneian passport 21st in the world in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[4] Additionally, Arton Capital's Passport index ranked the Bruneian passport 15th in the world in terms of travel freedom, with a visa-free score of 151, as of October 2019. [5]

As of October 2018, the passports of Brunei, Japan, Singapore and San Marino are the only ones to allow either visa-free entry or electronic travel authorisation to the world's four largest economies, namely China, India, the European Union and the United States. The Bruneian passport is also the only one in the world that allows visa-free access to China, Russia, the Schengen Area, United Kingdom and the United States, which are the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Brunei is also the only Muslim-majority country in the world whose citizens are allowed to enter the United States without a pre-arranged travel visa.

See also

References
  1. https://www.passport-collector.com/colony-of-north-borneo/
  2. The Brunei Times, Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2 Dec 2015.
  3. "Brunei passport photo 40x52 mm size, requirements". visafoto.com. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  4. "Global Ranking - Passport Index 2018" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php
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