There are several groups of countries that have adopted models for their passports by mutual agreement: in rare cases, nationality is available through investments. Some investors have been described in Tongan passports as “a Tongaan protected person,” a status that does not necessarily imply the right to stay in Tonga. [29] OP. : Ordinary passportD.: Diplomatic Passport.: PassportID.: CardSP. Identity Passport: Special Passport According to the law of most countries, passports are the property of the State and may be restricted or revoked at any time, usually for specific reasons, and, if necessary, subject to judicial review. [22] In many countries, the handing over of one`s own passport is a condition for granting bail instead of imprisonment for pending criminal proceedings for flight risk. [23] The People`s Republic of China (PRC) authorizes its special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao to issue passports to its permanent residents of Chinese nationality under the “one country, two systems” agreement. The visa guidelines imposed by foreign authorities on permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macao who hold such passports are different from those with ordinary passports of the People`s Republic of China. A Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR Pass) passport allows visa-free access to many more countries than regular PRC passports. Latvian and Estonian non-citizens are persons of mainly Russian or Ukrainian origin, who are not citizens of Latvia or Estonia, but whose families have lived in the region since Soviet times and are therefore entitled to a non-citizen passport issued by the Latvian government as well as other specific rights. About two-thirds of them are ethnicAlly born Russians, followed by ethnic Belarusians, ethnic Ukrainians, ethnic Poles and Lithuanians.
[39] [49] (a) nationals of persons subject to visa obligations holding a local border transport card issued by Member States in accordance with the applicable regulation when these holders exercise their right under the local border traffic regime (Hungary entered into a border area agreement with Ukraine in 2007). For more information, see the CLIII Act of 2007.) Children born in Andorra to a foreign residence who have not stayed in the country for at least 10 years receive a temporary passport.