| Iraqi passport جواز السفر العراقي (Arabic) پاسپۆرتی عێراقی (Kurdish) | |
|---|---|
Front cover of a contemporary Iraqibiometric passport ( | |
Data page of the B-series Iraqi passport | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by | Ministry of Interior of Iraq |
| First issued | 9 January 2023 (biometric passport)[1] |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | Iraqi citizenship |
| Expiration | 8 years after issuance, or 4 years after issuance for citizens under the age of 16 |
| Cost | IQD 91,000 (first/renewal) |

TheIraqi passport[a] is the travel document issued to citizens of theRepublic of Iraq for the purpose of international travel. As of 9 January 2023, a newICAO approved[2], biometric passport is being issued. Previous series issued by passport offices in Iraq and diplomatic representatives worldwide include the "S", non-machine-readable series and the "G" series.[3]
The previous A-series passports have been issued since 1 October 2009 (German embassy in Jordan, 2009). Passports in the G-series are thus no longer issued, but they are still valid until their expiry date. However, in autumn 2014, a document expert at a Western embassy in Amman informed Landinfo (meeting in Amman, November 2014) that the Iraqi authorities were still issuing G-series passports. This means that real G-series passports issued after 2009 may be in circulation. A-series passports differ from G-series passports in that they contain text in Arabic, Kurdish and English. There is also a difference on the page containing personal data – G-series passports have a field for the passport holder's signature or fingerprints, while in A-series passports, this field has been replaced by a bar code. The page containing biometric data is laminated, as it was in the G-series. The passport holder's signature is on page 3 in the passport. A-series passports have 48 pages and are valid for eight years. The passport number is perforated through the bottom of each page starting from page 3. Pages 4–48 are visa pages. All A-series passports are personal. Children must have their own passport.

There are four different passport types.
| Series | Issued From | Issued To | Valid for Travel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bbiometric passport | 9 January 2023 | Present | Yes |
| A | 1 February 2010 | 9 January 2023 | Yes[4] |
| G | 2007 | 1 February 2010 | No Since 1 February 2018[5] |
| H | ? | ? | No since 31 December 2011[6] |
| N | ? | ? | No since 1 January 2008[7] |
| M | ? | ? | No since 31 December 2006[8] |
| S | ? | ? | No since 1 September 2006[9] |
The new A-series passports differ from G-series passports in that they contain text inArabic,Kurdish andEnglish. There is also a difference on the page containing personal data – G-series passports have a field for the passport holder's signature or fingerprints, while in A-series passports, this field has been replaced by a bar code
The front page of the Iraqi passport includes the following data:
The page ends with a 2-line machine readable zone, according to ICAO standard 9303. The country code is IRQ as is the standard country code for Iraq (according toISO 3166-1 alpha-3).
On January 18, 2018, Iraqi citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 28 countries and territories, ranking the Iraqi passport 104th in the world according to theVisa Restrictions Index.
