African Union Passport

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African Union passport
The front cover of an African Union diplomatic passport
The picture page of an African Union diplomatic passport
Type	Passport
Issued by	African Union
First issued	July 17, 2016
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Citizen of an African Union member state

The African Union Passport is a common passport document that is set to replace existing nationally issued African Union member state passports and exempt bearers from having to obtain any visas for all 55 states in Africa.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was launched on July 17, 2016, at the 27th Ordinary Session of the African Union that was held in Kigali in Rwanda by Rwandan President Paul Kagame and the late Chadian President Idriss Déby.^[4]^[5]^[6] As of June 2018, the passport was planned to be rolled out and ready for use at borders worldwide by 2020,^[7] however the rollout has since been delayed into 2021.^[8]

Types

There are three types of African Union passport that will be issued:

Ordinary passport: These passports are issued to citizens and are intended for occasional travel, such as vacations and business trips. They contain 32 pages, and are valid for 5 years.

Official/Service passport: These passports are issued to officials attached to government institutions who have to travel on official business.

Diplomatic passport: Issued to diplomats and consuls for work-related travel, and to their accompanying dependents.

Temporary passport: These passports are issued to travelling citizens or natives of African countries that cannot get hold of their passports due to various reasons including robbery, theft or accidents. They may last for 6 months to a year.

Design

The passport has inscriptions in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, and Swahili.^[9] The African Union anthem's lyrics are printed on the page immediately after the picture page.

Recognition and acceptance

African Union Member States

State	Visa Required	ETA Required
Algeria
Angola	Yes^[10]
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia	No^[10]
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana	No^[10]
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast	No^[10]
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania	Yes (on the spot)^[10]
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda	No^[10]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania	No^[10]
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia	No^[10]
Zimbabwe

Other States

References

^ Monks, Kieron (July 5, 2016). "African Union launches all-Africa passport". CNN. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
^ "President Kenyatta arrives in Kigali for AU summit". rwandaeye.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
^ "Africa: The Common Passport and Africa's Identity". Retrieved July 17, 2016.
^ "AU Heads of State to launch African Union Passport during Kigali Summit". July 15, 2016. Archived from the original on July 17, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
^ "Rwanda Ready to Issue African Common Passport | KT PRESS". ktpress.rw. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
^ "Kenyans welcomes AU's passport System introduction". Ghana News. July 12, 2016. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
^ "African Union passports to be rolled out by 2023 - THE AFRICAN COURIER". The African Courier.
^ Philpot, Lorne (8 January 2021). "Single passport for Africa set to become reality in 2021". TheSouthAfrican.com. Blue Sky Publications. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ AfricaNews (2016-07-17). "[Photos] The African passport with 5 language inscriptions | Africanews". africanews.channel. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Okonjo-Iweala: Like Dangote, AU passport didn't give me visa-free entry into all African countries". The Cable. Archived from the original on 2024-03-28.

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Americas

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Asia

Europe

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Rest of Europe	Albania Armenia Andorra² Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia Kosovo³ Moldova Monaco² Montenegro North Macedonia Northern Cyprus³ Russia San Marino Serbia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

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International
organizations

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By result

Defunct

¹ British Overseas Territories.
² Open border with Schengen Area.
³ Partially recognized.
Category

Passports

UN member states

A–B	Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi
C	Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China, People's Republic of Hong Kong Macau Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic
D–F	Denmark Faroe Islands Greenland Djibouti Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Finland Åland Islands France
G–K	Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan
L–M	Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar
N–R	Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands, Kingdom of the New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda
S	Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria
T–Z	Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom British Overseas Territories BN(O) Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Other entities

UN observer states	Palestine Holy See
Other sovereign entities	Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Sovereignty disputed	Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland South Ossetia Taiwan (Republic of China) Transnistria
No recognition	Aboriginal Provisional Government Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois)

International organizations

Africa	African Union ECOWAS
Americas	Andean Community CARICOM Central America-4
Europe	EFTA European Union laissez-passer
Global	Interpol United Nations

Defunct passports

Dissolved states	British Indian Empire Czechoslovakia East Germany Korean Empire Mandatory Palestine Rhodesia Soviet Union Yugoslavia
Former organizations	League of Nations (Nansen) UNMIK
Sovereignty disputed	Artsakh

Passport types

Document types	Alien's passport 1951 Convention 1954 Convention Animal passport Horse Pet Diplomatic passport Hajj passport Internal passport Laissez-passer and emergency passport Service passport
Data formats	Biometric passport Machine-readable passport
Imitations	Camouflage passport Fake passport World Passport

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