Talk:Passport/Archive 1

message: British passports are subject to arbitrary withdrawl as well. I quote from the "notes" section: 
:Caution: This passport remains the property of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and may be withdrawn at any time.
213.48.230.145 16:20, 3 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Withdrawal of passports

message: The article says it's illegal for US citizens to travel to Cuba. I believe this isn't true.  It is, in general true that US citizens are prohibited (by trade sanctions) from trading with Cuba, and paying tourist taxes, renting accomodation, and buying in Cuba all fall foul of that law - so this makes it de facto illegal for most US citizens to visit Cuba.  That said, if someone (e.g the Cuban government) gives someone a tax-free, all-expenses-paid trip (which they do, occasionally) then I think that's not trade and thus isn't illegal.  Also, the government (I think the Secretary of Commerce) can issue a specific waiver, something he seems to do for various diplomatic, sporting, and I believe recently for trade purposes. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 02:40, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Seconded.  I believe that if one had a full university scholarship, e.g., it would be perfectly legal to accept it.  Does anyone know for sure?  Quill 02:49, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Just thought of something else:  wasn't it an American film crew that made that documentary about five years ago about the Cuban musicians?  Part of it was filmed in Cuba...?  Buena Vista Social Club or something like that. Quill 03:05, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  Indeed, Buena Vista Social Club (movie).  It was made by german filmmaker Wim Wenders, and it seems it was filmed on a handheld camcorder (I'm not sure by whom, but quite possibly by Wenders himself).  So it's likely that no americans were used in the making of the film.  The film does, however, feature american musician Ry Cooder (and maybe his brother).  I guess if Wenders paid for everything (from a German bank account), including all of Cooder's bills, then Cooder himself didn't engage in any trade, and so no US trade law was broken.  They'd have to be really dumb guys not to have thought very carefully about this subject, I think. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 11:58, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: American Government still limits American travels to Cuba. See http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1097.html for more information.--Jusjih 07:07, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Legality of US travel to Cuba

message: An NYT report dated 2003-11-14 says that "reports differ" on whether Cuban officials stamp visitor's passports or not. I'll modify the article for now. -ph
:I've been to Cuba (in August 2005) and, much to my disappointment, my passport was not stamped. They merely stamped the visa card I'd got from the Cuban consulate in Paris, and they kept that card when I left Cuba. Aridd 13:24, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have stamps from Havana, Tel Aviv and Rafah in my old passports despite the fact that you aren't supposed to be able to get stamps from Cuba or Israel. Mike Kiwi 00:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: On whether Cuba stamps passports

message: I bet one could write interesting articles about individual countries' passports.  I'd love to learn about the United States passport, including how it's changed over time, and what technical security it has (RFID chips?).  dbenbenn | talk 20:04, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've already been working on Passport Canada which is mainly about the office, but I see no reason it can't talk about the Canadian passport as well. I think it's a great idea. -- Spinboy 20:18, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Individual country passports 

message: The article states that SA bars entry for Jews (of any nationality) and Israelis (of any affiliation). Does this mean that Muslim Israelis cannot perform the Hajj? //Big Adamsky 11:01, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There are a few Muslims in Israel, but I am unsure how to answer your question.--Jusjih 07:10, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There a few, yes (about a million or so). //Big Adamsky 10:19, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

text: Israeli Muslims are issued temporary passports by Jordan in order to make the hajj.--Jonathan David Makepeace 22:30, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Saudi Arabia and Israeli passports

message: The article establishes that the Queen of the United Kingdom/Canada/Australia/etc. does not carry a passport.  Do other sovereign monarchs (e.g., the Pope, Sultan of Brunei) also not carry passports?  143.58.161.6 21:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Royalty

message: The article states:
:Some countries decline to accept Tongan Protected Person passports, though they do accept standard passports issued to Tongan citizens.
Why is this under the subheading "Micronations"? Tonga is not a micronation. It's an internationally recognised sovereign state, and a member of the UN. That sentence should be moved, as it's misleading in its current location. Aridd 13:31, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Tonga is not a micronation

message: I have heard from my co-worker that a Jamaican passport is written in English only. Could someone please verify this?--Jusjih 16:31, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Monolingual passports 

message: The article was fascinating! Does anyone else think it would be worthwhile, once it has been cleaned up, recommending it as a featured article?
86.2.106.90 19:42, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured Article? 

message: Is there some reason this article does not have a contents section? It has over the number of sections generally required for the software to create one automatically and I cannot see any coding to hide it, so I was just curious!
EvocativeIntrigue 18:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contents 

message: Would it be useful to include a table of exterior color for passports by nationality? I have seen several green passports from a distance and wondered which country that was from. An image in the article shows a green Indian passport, which is different from anything I am aware of. Every Indian passport I have seen from 1970 to today is the same blue as US passports. As far as I know, there are only three colors used worldwide: blue, red/burgundy, and green. Madhu 18:01, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exterior color? 

message: Quite a lot of the passport images are shown as licensed by the scanner. I believe that if you scan an image belonging to somwone else you do not own the copyright on that scan as its a drivative image from the passport. This needs lots of work to put right on this article otherwise we may have to prune some of the images. Grateful for some thoughts on this. Spartaz 20:12, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: This statement is not correct: "Citizens of the UK and Ireland do not require a passport to travel between the two countries." I have traveled between these countries 60 times or more from 1990 and up until early 2005 you didn't need a passport (I just showed my UK drivers license if I was challenged at all). However, you now DO need a passport to enter the Republic of Ireland from the UK. Travelling from Ireland to the UK is different, you normally have an exit for "Domestic and Republic of Ireland" flights and you don't need to show your passport. Mike Kiwi 00:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: British and Irish citizens do not need to show a passport, but must provide alternative evidence of nationality if asked.    As I understand it, there is no (consistent) immigration control in operation on the land frontier with Northern Ireland.   JAJ 04:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  United Kingdom to the Republic of Ireland DOES require a passport 

message: To whomever it might concern.
The Croatian passport image in the Gallery of passport covers section is not a picture of a real passport. Instead it's a picture of a booklet given out to tourists (and if you look closely it does say "Croatian tourist passport") so please replace it with a picture of a real passport. Lathrop1885 21:56, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Croatian passport image deletion