Non-citizen travel document

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A non-citizen travel document, also known as a passport for foreign nationals, alien's passport, non-citizen's passport or passport for foreigners is a travel document issued by a country to non-citizens (also called aliens) residing within their borders who are stateless persons or otherwise unable to obtain a passport from their state of nationality (generally refugees). Some countries issue two different types of non-citizen travel documents, one to refugees (known as 1951 Convention travel document) and another to stateless persons (known as 1954 Convention travel document). Visa requirements for alien's passports / certificates of identity are in general different from those for regular passports. Some states also issue certificates of identity to their own citizens as a form of emergency passport, or otherwise in lieu of a passport.

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