Sudanese passport | |
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The front cover of a contemporary Sudanese biometric passport. | |
Type | Passport |
Issued by | ![]() |
Purpose | Identification |
Eligibility | Sudanese citizenship |
Expiration | 10 years after issuance(for adults)
5 years(for minors) Cost: 10,000 SDG |
The Sudanese passport is issued to citizens of Sudan for international travel.
The Republic of the Sudan started issuing electronic passports to citizens in May 2009. The new electronic passport will be issued in three categories:
The microprocessor chip will contain the holder's information. The cost of a new passport for adults will be approximately SDG10000 in 2021. These new passports are blue in colour and prior to this they were green and did not contain a microchip.
Sudanese passports are dark blue in color, with a gilded falcon in the center of the front cover. Below the logo is the word "passport" and جواز سفر (in English: Passport). The Sudanese passport contains 62 pages, and because Arabic is a written language from right to left, the passport opening starts from right to left. As for the new electronic passports, they are of a dark blue color, with the same design as the green passport.
Ordinary passports are issued by the Ministry of the Interior (Passports, Immigration and Nationality Administration), or from consulates and Sudanese embassies outside Sudan. As for the new electronic passports, they are what are currently being issued. No information is available yet on the availability of new passports outside Sudan. Types of Sudanese passports are:
In the electronic passport, the information of the passport holder appears on the first page of the passport, and the information is in the following order:
Sudanese passports are issued in both Arabic and English.