Later passports contain a photograph of the passport holder.
Obtaining information about a passport from Italy is another matter and often quite difficult. Since one of the first reasons for issuing passports was to regulate the travels of young men of draft age, the passports were the responsibility of the police and were issued by the questura in each province. The archives of the questuras are not open for public consultation. It is necessary to know the passport holder s comune of origin and the year the passport was released. The record gives the name of the passport holder, birth date, town of residence.