Issued by Syria Purpose Identification | Type of document Passport Eligibility requirements Syrian citizenship | |
The Syrian passport is issued to citizens of Syria for international travel.
The passport has a navy blue cover with the Syrian coat of arms.
The information on the cover page and the inside is written in three languages: Arabic, English and French. Each page has a unique watermark depicting a famous Syrian monument, castle, or ancient building, these include the Krak des Chevaliers, also Crac des Chevaliers, a Crusader castle in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world, Umayyad Mosque and others.
Normal validity is six years. however, men who have not served their compulsory military service get a six months or two years validity passport only, and they have to get a permission from the conscription department for a renewal of another two years. The first few editions were produced in France but now they are made in Syria.
Passport applications must be completed in person and fee to obtain a new passport is 1850 Syrian pounds (approximately US$40).
In April 2015, Syria changed its passport requirements so that Syrians outside Syria, including refugees who have fled the Syrian Civil War, will be eligible for passports without an intelligence service review. Passports will be issued to Syrians "even if they left in an illegal manner or they hold non-official passports or travel documents", referring to passports issued by Syrian opposition representatives in Qatar. At the same time, fees required for passports were doubled to $400 for a new passports and $200 for a renewal.
In 2015, fake Syrian passports were found being used by non-Syrians to apply for asylum in Europe.
Visa requirements
In 2016, Syrian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 32 countries and territories, ranking the Syrian passport 102nd in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.