United States passport | |
Issued by | Department of State |
First issued | 1775 (first version) 1926 (booklet) 1981 (machine-readable passport) December 30, 2005 (diplomatic biometric passport booklet) 2006 (regular biometric passport booklet) 2021 (next generation passport booklet) |
In circulation | 151.8 million |
Purpose | Identification |
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