Estonian alien's passport
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An Estonian Alien's Passport (
Ministry of Internal Affairs. It can also be used as an identity document. Estonia has about 80,000 to 90,000 alien
's passports.
History
After independence in 1991, the
Moscow. After a change in the law in 1995, all children born in Estonia after 1992 may obtain Estonian citizenship subject to certain conditions.[1]
Identity information page
The Estonia Passport includes the following data:
- Photo of passport holder
- Type (P for ordinary passports)
- Code of Issuing State (EST)
- Passport No.
- Surname
- Given Names
- Date of Birth
- Personal No.
- Sex
- Place of Birth
- Date of Issue
- Authority
- Date of Expiry
- Holder's Signature
The information page ends with the
Machine Readable Zone
.
Visa requirements
The vast majority of nations which provide
visa-free entry to Estonian citizens (those holding an Estonian passport
) do not allow visa-free entry to holders of the Estonian alien's passport (who are not Estonian citizens).
Unlike Estonian citizens, holders of an Estonian alien's passport do not enjoy
EU and the Schengen Area
. They are allowed to stay in other Schengen Area countries for no more than 90 days in any 6-month period.
Moreover, holders of an Estonian alien's passport cannot legally work in other EU countries without a work permit.[2] As with their Latvian counterparts, Estonian alien's passport holders can travel visa-free to Russia and Belarus, unlike ordinary Estonian citizens.
See also
- Estonian passport
- Russians in Estonia
- Non-citizens (Latvia)
- E-residency of Estoniais a concept independent of nationality giving non-Estonian residents access to Estonian financial services.
- U.S. Passport indicating non-citizen nationals, who usually are American Samoans
References
- ^ Ft.dk. Estonia today - citizenship. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Latvian & Estonian "non-citizens:" visa-free travel for most of EU-27
