INTERPOL has developed its first ever travel documents (e-Passport Booklet and e-Identification Card). These are intended to enable INTERPOL officials, chiefs of law enforcement agencies, heads of National Central Bureaus and staff to travel internationally on official INTERPOL business without requiring a visa when assisting in transnational investigations or urgent deployments.
Granting the INTERPOL Travel Document special visa status will help law enforcement officers from INTERPOL member countries and the General Secretariat make the world a safer place.
Official recognition from 55 member countries
Member countries have shown great interest in this initiative with several already according a special visa status to INTERPOL Travel Document holders and many others seeking more information as to how they can support the initiative in their own countries.
Currently, 55 member countries have already accepted the INTERPOL travel document in both its forms (e-Passport Booklet and/or e-Identification Card) to be used in conjunction with a valid national passport.
A further 120 countries are also in the process of recognizing these documents within the limits of their national laws.
The member countries that have already accepted the INTERPOL Travel Document are: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Belarus, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Grenada, Guinea, Jordan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.
As you can see the “First World Countries” did NOT accept the Travel Document yet! Considering the are 193 nations in the world Interpol has still a long way to go! See the next video!
Video source: youtube/interpol
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