MOFA Iraq Passport system : Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Name of the Organization : Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Type of Facility : Iraq Passport system
Country : Iraq

Official Website : http://www.mofa.gov.iq/en/

MOFA Iraq Passport system

** every Iraqi can obtain a passport.
** there are four types of passports : –

Related : MOFA Issuance Of Passport Laissez Iraq : www.statusin.org/5661.html

** Regular passport according to the form (1) attached to this system.
** Service passport according to the form No. (2) Attached to this system.
** Special passport according to the form (3) attached to this system.
** Diplomatic passport according to the form (4) attached to this system.

A person who requests the passport must be :
** Iraqi nationality.
** is prohibited from leaving the race in accordance with the laws in force.
** Sane, unless he travels for the purpose of health treatment with a legal guardian.
** Minister of the Interior authorized passports officer the power to issue passport and visa.

laissez – passer issued to :
** People who do not have citizenship and inside the Republic of Iraq.
** Foreigners who wish to leave Iraq and the duration of their passports expired or they have lost it and no representative of their government in the Republic of Iraq have the authority to give them a document saying they can leave Iraq.
** Iraqis living abroad who have lost or damaged their passports.
** the applicant of laissez – passer must attend in front of the competent passports officer and fill a form prepared for this purpose.
** the laissez – passer shall be valid for a period of (6) six months from the date of issuance and the carrier of laissez – passer can enter or leave Iraq once to the mentioned countries only, and Diplomat in the Iraqi mission abroad when necessary to add other countries and enter the names of other people.

following persons gives service passport :
** Directors-General.
** The judges and prosecutors of categories I and II.
** Army officers, internal security forces and intelligence from the rank of colonel and above.
** Technical and Administrative staff in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Technical Attaches and their spouses and children who are legally dependents and residing with them.
** Special Ranks those who retired before the issuance of this regulate, retirees according items (A) and (B) of this article and retired officers of the army, security forces procedure and intelligence of rank (Brigadier) and above .

FAQs :
Who are covered by the exemption from the condition of obtaining a visa to enter Iraq?
H.E. Minister of Internal has approved on exempting Arabs and foreigners, of Iraqi origins, who hold foreign passports, from the condition of obtaining a visa to enter Iraq.

However, this does not mean to discontinue granting those visas, if they applied for, rather they and their family members shall be granted visas without fees.

Are the Iraq born Foreigners, and their family members, covered by the exemption from the condition of obtaining visas to enter Iraq?
H.E. Minister of Internal has approved on granting the Iraq born foreigner, and his/her family members, visas by our missions abroad, without approaching the ministry of foreign affairs, against a fee from only the family members, provided that the Iraq born foreigner should be among the visiting family.

What are the procedures to provide a citizen with a confirmation over being unmarried?
The citizen shall submit a Transcript of Record from the Civil Status department, authenticated by the Ministry of Internal and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Authentications, during the period of issuing the confirmation.