Passport of the Republic of Estonia issued to Estonian citizens
Estonian passport
Eesti kodaniku pass
Estonian biometric passport front cover since 2021. A forest motif is embossed above the biometric symbol.
Type
Passport
Issued by
Estonia
First issued
1991 (restoration of country's independence) 1 February 2002 (machine-readable passport) 22 May 2007 (biometric passport) 1 June 2014 (second biometric version)[1] 2021 (current version)
Purpose
Identification
Eligibility
Estonian citizenship
Expiration
10 years after issuance
Cost
€40 (ages 15 and up)
€20 (children under 15)
€60 (ages 15 and up when applying abroad)
€20 (children under 15 when applying abroad)[2]
An Estonian passport (Estonian: Eesti kodaniku pass) is an international travel document issued to citizens of Estonia, and may also serve as proof of Estonian citizenship. Besides enabling the bearer to travel internationally and serving as indication of Estonian citizenship, the passport facilitates the process of securing assistance from Estonian consular officials abroad or other European Union member states in case an Estonian consular is absent, if needed. If an Estonian citizen wishes to receive an identity document, especially an Estonian passport, somewhere other than the foreign representation of the Republic of Estonia, then the bearer of the Estonian citizenship staying abroad could receive the travel documents in embassies of any EU country worldwide by paying 50 Euro.[3] Many countries require passport validity of no less than 6 months and one or two blank pages.
Every Estonian citizen is also a citizen of the European Union. The passport, along with the national identity card allows for free rights of movement and residence in any of the states of the European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland.
An Estonian certificate of return shall be issued to an Estonian citizen staying in a foreign state whose Estonian passport becomes unusable or is destroyed or lost. An Estonian certificate of return shall be issued on the basis of a birth certificate to a child of less than one year of age who was born to a citizen of Estonia in a foreign state. An Estonian certificate of return may be issued to an Estonian citizen who has no valid Estonian document if the issue of such document is in the public interest. An Estonian certificate of return shall be issued with a period of validity of up to twelve months. Upon entry into Estonia, a certificate of return shall be returned to the Police and Border Guard Board who shall forward the certificate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[4]
A return support can be applied by ethnic Estonians and Estonian citizens who have lived outside Estonia for 10 years or more or were born in a foreign country. A return support will be paid to those who need help, if they want to settle in Estonia.[5]
^"Estonian citizen's passport". Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^"Important information for the applicant of the Estonian citizen's passport for an adult". Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^"Estonian travel documents could be delivered to any EU embassies". Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
^"§§ 35, 36 Identity Documents Act".
^"MISA - Return support". Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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