Questions tagged [identity-document]
A document issued to prove someone's identity such as an ID card, passport, or driver license. Most of these are issued by a state.
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What consequences can Belarus and Ukraine face for refusing to issue passports abroad?
There are at least two countries in the world that have ceased to issue travel documents to their citizens abroad. In September last year, Belarusian diplomatic missions stopped issuing passports ...
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What is the purpose of listing sex on an identification card?
I've heard that some jurisdictions are planning on eliminating, if not allowing citizens to revise, the sex field on documents like passports and drivers licenses. I'm just wondering why it's listed ...
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What rights do I have with regards to legal identity? [closed]
This is how I can imagine the bargain you make as a citizen with your government.
If you want inclusion in the benefits of a state, you forfeit some of your personal freedom by agreeing to be limited ...
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Did the FBI seize former US president's current passport in the Mar-a-Lago raid? If so, did they return it? If so, when?
After 03:20 in CNN's January 22, 2023 Brown presses GOP House Intelligence chair on Trump documents US Representative Mike Turner (R-OH) says the following:
The concern we all have, is the abuse of ...
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Is the EU Border Guard Agency able to tell Russian passports issued in Ukraine or Georgia from the legitimate ones?
On 8 December 2022, the European Council has adopted a resolution on not accepting Russian travel documents issued in Ukraine and Georgia.
I'm wondering if the Frontex (European Border and Coast Guard ...
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What happened to the passport of Prince Charles when he became King Charles III?
Queen Elizabeth II (of the UK and other assorted Commonwealth realms) somewhat famously did not have a passport. (The theory being that passports are technically issued in the Monarch's name, so it ...
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Why does the new Belgian passport design feature comic characters? [closed]
The new Belgian passport is featuring comic characters as its design theme.
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/europe/belgium-unveils-new-passport-design-featuring-comic-characters-like-tintin-...
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Do poor people, people of color, and elderly have difficulty in obtaining ID in the US?
As mentioned here and here a commonly listed argument regarding voter ID's is the decreased ownership and/or difficulty in obtaining among the poor, people of color, and elderly.
A similar question ...
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Why don't some governments trust people when they tell them they live at a particular address?
Example: I am a Slovak National living in Austria. I would like to have a Slovak ID card to ease certain chores. The application form for the Slovak ID card asks me, among other things, my address. ...
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What are the risks involved with linking Voter Card with Aadhaar for Indians?
With the passing of THE ELECTION LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021 in Rajya Sabha on Dec 21, 2021, the new sub-sections were added in section 23 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, according to ...
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Is there a country or state which issues gender free ID cards?
According to Forbes, Dutch ID Cards are scheduled to become gender-free in several years (~2025):
Dutch ID cards will be gender-free within five years, as the
Government seeks to end the “unnecessary”...
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Why Taiwanese passports are recognised but Taiwan is not? [duplicate]
I was reading about current situation of Peoples Republic of China and Republic of China. I know Republic of China lost its seat in Un on behalf of the Peoples Republic of China. I know most countries ...
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Why does the Afghanistan peace agreement talk about Visa and passports when the US does not recognize the Taliban?
From part 2 section 5 of the Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan:
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognized by the United States as a state and is known as the Taliban will ...
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Do gun permits that can be used as voter ID all have a photo?
Some types of identification have photographs (e.g. driver's licenses), whereas others do not (e.g. Social Security cards). This answer has a nice graph that shows that over recent years, not only ...
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Why is there no push towards an American ID card?
There has been a debate in the US regarding voter ID. Republicans seem to not trust voters who do not have them, and Democrats argue that IDs should not be necessary to vote since there are several ...
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