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Most European countries do not consider biometric passports issued by Somalia to be valid travel documents.
Only Switzerland and Austria recognise the Somali passports as valid documents for the establishment of identity.
Finland’s Minister of Migration and European Affairs Astrid Thors (Swed. People’s Party) has proposed that Finland recognise the passports. Finland’s Ministry of the Interior is now proposing that the Somali biometric passport be accepted as such as a valid document for travel to Finland, and as a basis for establishing identity when processing applications for residence permits.
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Few+co ... 5259796309Sweden’s immigration service does not consider the passports to be valid because Somalia lacks a reliable authority to issue the documents. However, although a Somali passport is not accepted as a travellers only document, Swedish officials can use biometric passports as backup for other papers.
http://www.nairobi.diplo.de/contentblob ... rriage.pdfSomali passport holders furthermore need a special permit to be exempted from holding a valid passport,
as Somali passports are not accepted by German authorities.
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,, ... 91e,0.htmlA statement from the Government of Canada explaining why Canada will not accept the Somali passport as a valid travel document states that, since 1991, Somalia has been functioning with virtually no government, and that satellite "Somali embassies" with no oversight from a central government have sold blank passport stock to finance their operations
I don't blame these governments, Al shabab can easily acquire them and export attacks abroad. But "security risk" shouldn't de-legitimize the entire Somali nation's right to travel.Many countries don't accept the passport because the Government doesnt issue them but they are issued at the market. It's a security risk. This will change though. We will have a new government in days that will be legitimate and will tackle this problem
Yeah I am inshallah, I am even thinking of revoking my Canadian one and obtaining somali one.Grandpa there are new passports, i dont know how many countries take it but i know inaa Dubai ku tagi kartid. Are you thinking of getting one?
Please don't do that.Yeah I am inshallah, I am even thinking of revoking my Canadian one and obtaining somali one.Grandpa there are new passports, i dont know how many countries take it but i know inaa Dubai ku tagi kartid. Are you thinking of getting one?
Who says I will stay in Canada, I will probaby be living in Somalia or Kenya when I revoke it.Grandpa, dont the Canadians do dual citizenship? get that because if you have a Somali passport in Canada life wont be easy.
Yeah I am inshallah, I am even thinking of revoking my Canadian one and obtaining somali one.Grandpa there are new passports, i dont know how many countries take it but i know inaa Dubai ku tagi kartid. Are you thinking of getting one?
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