What Do The different Colored Passports Represent?

For many generations, passports have been helping people connect with other people from all around the world. With a passport, you can see how different the people and places of the world are. However, despite the frequency of its use, very few people have a ton of knowledge about the passport. There is a secured in a dark endless amount of rules when it comes to passports, such as how to handle a damaged passport, but there are some fun things to know as well. For example, have you noticed all the colors that passports come in? Many people don't, so here's a quick overview.

Passports come in a whole array of different colors. However, these colors aren't just to look at, and they aren't optional either. The color of a passport represents a certain status of the person holding it. You probably own the dark blue passport. This passport is arranged for issuance to regular citizens of the Unites states. If you are 20 or older, your passport is valid for 10 years, but if you are younger, then it's only valid for five. Another passport color is maroon or dark red, which you might see at an airport. These passports are arranged for those traveling on official US government business, but this doesn't include diplomatic business, as that has it's own color. US military and their families are frequent members of a maroon passport, and they are valid for five years.Real American passport for sale

The black passport is the one used for individuals that are traveling on diplomatic missions. When this passport is used, it tells the people at the airport that they are diplomatically immune. This means that the person is free from search of his person or property, free from getting busted, and free from delays or detention. Just like the maroon ones, these passports are valid for five years.

Additionally, there is a green colored passport. This passport is a little completely different from the others. The green passport is like a special-edition passport, as it appeared to mark the 200 year birthday of the US Consular Service. In the passport there is a one-page commemoration to none other than Mary Franklin. You will most likely not see one of these being used at the airport, as by 1994, they weren't being made anymore.

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