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A passport is a legal document, issued by a national government that identifies the bearer as a citizen of the issuing nation, and is connected with the right of legal protection abroad.
Passports are of various types, Ordinary Passport, Diplomatic Passport, Alien’s Passport, Collective Passport, Look-alike Passport, etc, and the issuance of each type of passport depends on the requirement.
Diplomatic passports are those which are issued to diplomats, identifying its bearer as diplomatic representatives of their home country. Diplomatic passports are also issued for state employees serving on long-term international assignments in other countries.
The importance of Diplomatic Passports
The safety of its diplomat on any foreign soil is of outmost importance to any country. In other words, every nation demands respect for its diplomats on foreign soil, a stance more commonly know as diplomatic immunity. The security of diplomats is of great importance to any country. In times of hostility, diplomats are often withdrawn for reasons of personal safety, There has been cases when diplomas have been recalled due to a perceived threat while serving in a friendly host country.
Rights for Diplomats were formalized by the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which protects diplomats from being persecuted or prosecuted while on a diplomatic mission. In the event that any country feel that a diplomat of other country has committed a serious crime on its soil, it may at the most declare a persona non grata (unwanted person), making the diplomat in question subject to trial in their homeland.
What does Diplomatic Passport entail?
Different nations have different procedure buy which they extend diplomatic courtesy, however, Diplomats, as otherwise stated, are liable to privileges such as:
- Diplomatic Immunity
- Diplomatic treatment by governments
- No Tax Liability on income outside the host country
- Unlimited entry and exit from host country
- Usage of the diplomatic channel at airports
- Unlimited business scope
- State granted gratuities and perks
- Free upgrades on airlines, car rental, hotels
- Priority booking on reservations and much more
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