Somaliland passport

Not to be confused with Somali passport.

The Somaliland passport (Somali: Baasaboorka Somaliland, Arabic: جواز سفر صوماليلاندي) is the passport issued to citizens of the unrecognized country of Somaliland, northern region of Somalia for travel.^[2][3][4] A passport was issued for the first time in 1996, and a biometric passport in 2014, in line with new global standards and the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Somaliland Passport Baasaboorka Somaliland (Somali) جواز سفر (Arabic)
Type	Passport
Issued by	Somaliland Immigration[1]
First issued	1996 (first version) 14 September 2014 (biometric version)
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Somaliland citizenship
Expiration	5 years
Cost	$103 for Somaliland National ID holders.

Passport descriptions

The color of the Somaliland passport is black, and it bears the symbol of the state's sovereignty. It also bears the following inscriptions in the Somali, Arabic and English languages:

Above: "Republic of Somaliland" (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland) (Arabic: الجمهورية صومالي لاند)

In the center: Emblem of Somaliland

Below: «Passport» (Somali: Baasaboor) (Arabic: جواز سفر)

Notably, the three-letter code used in Somaliland passports to represent the country and nationality is RSL, which is absent from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 list of country codes, undermining its utility as a travel document.

Acceptance for international travel

Citizens with a Somaliland travel document can go to the following countries:

Djibouti

Nepal[5]

Rwanda[6]

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

South Sudan

Taiwan[7]

Tanzania

Types

There are a number of types of Somaliland passports:

Regular Passport

Service Passport

Diplomatic Passport

• Regular Passport (black cover): issued to Somaliland citizens.
• Service Passport (green cover): issued to members of Parliament, members of the Government.
• Diplomatic Passport (red cover): issued to diplomats serving abroad and to high-ranking officials from the executive branch and their families during their period of service.

Passport gallery

• 
  British Somaliland Passport issued during the British era in the 1930s.
• 
  A Republic of Somaliland passport issued in 1996.
• 
  Data page of a first generation biometric passport

See also

• Visa policy of Somaliland
• National identity card