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Mexican passports are dark green, with the Mexican Coat of Arms in the center of the front cover and the official name of the country "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" (United Mexican States) around the coat of arms. The word "Pasaporte" is inscribed below the coat of arms, the international biometric symbol below this, and "Mexico" (as the country is ...
A group of people display their passports at an international conference. A passport is a booklet issued by countries to their citizens, permitting the person to travel to other countries. In some cases countries issue travel documents similar to passports to their residents.
At the bottom of the cover are the name of the issuing country and the passport type. The members of the Andean Community of Nations (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru) began to issue commonly designed passports in 2005. Specifications for the common passport format were outlined in an Andean Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in 2002. [81]
In fiscal year 2024, the Department of State issued 24,515,786 passports (including 1,741,527 passport cards) and there were 143,116,633 valid U.S. passports in circulation. [53] The passport possession rate of the U.S. was approximately 48% of the population in June 2024, rising from 5% in 1990.
The front of the updated version of the Border Crossing Card. A Border Crossing Card (BCC) is an identity document used by nationals of Mexico to enter the United States.As a standalone document, the BCC allows its holder to visit the border areas of the United States when entering by land or sea directly from Mexico for up to 30 days.
The Henley Passport index ranks passports according to the number of destinations that can be reached using a particular country's ordinary passport without the need of a prior visa ("visa-free"). [85] [86] [87] The survey ranks 199 passports against 227 destination [88] countries, territories, and micro-states. [89] [90] [91]
Sheinbaum appears set to become Mexico's first female president — a major step in a country long marked by its macho culture. The election is also the biggest in the country’s history.
U.S. passport cards can be used to enter the United States at land border crossings and sea ports of entry. It is also accepted for entry by land or sea into Canada, [10] Mexico, [11] [12] Bermuda, and some countries and territories in the Caribbean (excluding Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, and French overseas territories).