Azerbaijani passport


The Azerbaijani passport is issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan to the citizens of Azerbaijan for international travel. Ordinary passports are valid for 10 years from the date of issue and contain 34 visa pages. Passport content is printed both in Azerbaijani and in English.
As of 1 January 2018, Azerbaijani citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 63 countries and territories, ranking the Azerbaijani passport 72nd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley visa restrictions index.

Types of passports

is printed in relief in the center of the front cover with "Azərbaycan Respublikası" in Azeri and "The Republic of Azerbaijan" in English above the coat of arms, as well as, "PASPORT" and "PASSPORT" printed below.
The passport is 88 x 125 mm in size, with 54 pages.
In line with the passport type, Azerbaijani passports can be of the following colors:
Azerbaijani passports include the following data on the information page:
New biometric Azerbaijani passports were announced on 17 July 2012.
New passport booklet design is in compliance with ICAO regulation document 9303. The e-passport sign, indicating the presence of a RFID chip, is placed on the cover of the passport, as well as above the photo of the holder on the main rigid information page which contains the RFID chip. It also contains a machine readable zone at the bottom of the page. The overall design of the new booklet, apart from the above-mentioned, does not differ from the previous non-biometric booklet design.

Visa requirements

As of October 2018, Azerbaijani citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 66 countries and territories, ranking the Azerbaijani passport 75th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley visa restrictions index.