.svg) Holy See passport | |
|---|---|
| Issued by |  Secretariat of State of the Holy See |
| Purpose | Identification & Travel |
| Eligibility | Vatican citizens or others |
| Expiration | 10 years (diplomatic) 5 years (service) 2 years (temporary service) |
.svg) Vatican City State passport | |
|---|---|
| Issued by |  Governorate of Vatican City State |
| Purpose | Identification & Travel |
| Eligibility | Vatican citizens only |
| Expiration | 5 years (ordinary) |
AVatican passport (Italian:passaporto vaticano) is a passport issued by theHoly See or byVatican City State. The Holy See issuesdiplomatic andservice passports, while the Vatican City State can issue ordinary passports forits citizens.
The Holy See and the Vatican City State are two subjects of international law and are presided over by the Pope through theSecretariat of State of the Holy See and theGovernorate of Vatican City State respectively. Each of these two entities issues its own passports.[1]
Of the approximately 800residents of Vatican City, more than 450 have Vatican citizenship. These include the approximately 135Swiss Guards. About the same number of citizens of the state live in various countries, chiefly in thediplomatic service of the Holy See.[2]
The Vatican City State law on citizenship, residence and access, which was promulgated on 22 February 2011, classifies citizens into three categories:
Only for the third category is an actual grant of citizenship required.[4]
Diplomatic passports of the Holy See, not passports of the Vatican State, are held by those in the Holy See's diplomatic service.
Service passports of the Holy See can be issued to people in the service of the Holy See even if not citizens of Vatican City.
Vatican City passports are issued to citizens of the state who are not in the service of the Holy See.
Passports issued by Vatican City are in Italian, French and English;[5] those issued by the Holy See are in Latin, French and English.[6]
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