| East Timorese passport | |
|---|---|
 The front cover of an East Timorese biometric passport. | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by |  East Timor |
| First issued |
|
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | East Timorese citizenship |
East Timorese passports are issued to citizens of East Timor to travel internationally. Until the UN finished its transitional work in East Timor, residents had to use a UN travel document to visit other countries until 2002 when the country officially became independent from UN control. [1]
East Timor has begun to issue biometric passports on 6 June 2017.[2]
- ^ "East Timorese Travel Issues", Agence France-Presse. Retrieved August 05, 2014.
- ^ "East Timor government goes live with Gemalto's electronic passport solution". Thales Group. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2022.