British passport (Saint Helena)
| Saint Helena passport | |
|---|---|
 The front cover of a British passport issued to British Dependent Territories citizens of Saint Helena. (version of 2012)[1] | |
 Saint Helena passport information page | |
| Issued by |
 Saint Helena |
| Type of document | Passport |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility requirements | British Overseas Territories citizenship |
Saint Helena passports are issued to St Helenians, a unique status recognised by the Government of St Helena, and gained through birth, descent, or application.[2] Those holding this status are British Overseas Territories Citizens connected to Saint Helena,[2] formerly known as British Dependent Territories Citizens.
Types
Since 2014 St Helena passports have been biometric, and are therefore printed in the United Kingdom, where appropriate production facilities exist.[3] However, the St Helena passport office has retained facilities to print non-biometric passports,[3] and does so in cases of emergency (notably urgent travel requirements for medical reasons), owing to the time delay in requesting production of passports in the United Kingdom and their transportation to St Helena.
Status
All passports issued through the Government of St Helena (both biometric passports printed in the United Kingdom, and emergency passports produced locally) have the status of British Overseas Territory Citizen passport, as defined by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.[4] As such, they are widely recognised and accepted around the world, but do not carry the privileges or entitlements of European Union membership.
References
- ↑ "SHN-AO-01001". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- 1 2 "Living in St Helena". The Government of St Helena. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- 1 2 "ST HELENA BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES PASSPORT". The Government of St Helena. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ↑ Details on the FCO travel advice pages, accessed 10 October 2016.
See also
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1 A) Includes Crown Dependencies, British Overseas Territories, and former British plantations, crown colonies, colonies, protectorates, protected states, mandates, trust territories and other British possessions. 2 Open border with Schengen Area. 3 Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. 4 Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Turkey has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. 5 Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. 6 Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Kazakhstan has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. 7 Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. 8 Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and Western Asia. Egypt has a small part of its territory in Western Asia called Sinai peninsula. 9 Partially recognized. 10 Not recognized by any other state. 11 Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China 12 The Soviet Union was a transcontinental country located in Eurasia
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