Sovereign Military Order of Malta passport

Passport

Not to be confused with Maltese passport.

Sovereign Military Order of Malta passport

The front cover of a contemporary Sovereign Military Order of Malta diplomatic biometric passport

Type| Passport
Issued by|  Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Purpose| Identification
Eligibility| Sovereign Military Order of Malta

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta passport is a travel document issued to officials and diplomats of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM). The order issues biometric passports which are fully ICAO9303 compliant.[1]

The application and printing processes are handled by the Österreichische Staatsdruckerei in Vienna, Austria.

## Types of passport

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The Sovereign Military Order of Malta issues two types of passport.

### Diplomatic passports

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Diplomatic passports of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta are issued only to the members of the Sovereign Council (the government of the Order) and to representatives of the Order's diplomatic corps (heads and members of diplomatic missions abroad as well as spouses of full-time diplomats and their minor children). The validity of the passport is strictly linked to the duration of the assignment. As of February 2018 there were approximately 500 passports in circulation.[2] The numerous other members and volunteers of the Order remain citizens of their own respective countries with their national passports.[3]

Among those who possess an Order of Malta diplomatic passport are:

1. The Grand Master (since 3 May 2023) John T. Dunlap.
2. The Grand Commander (since September 2022) Emmanuel Rousseau.
3. The Grand Chancellor (since September 2022) Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo.

### Service passports

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Service passports of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta are issued only to people who are in charge of a special mission within the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. The validity of the passport is strictly linked to the duration of the assignment. Currently[when?], ten service passports are in use.

## Physical appearance

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Passport covers carry the text Ordre souverain militaire de Malte above the coat of arms, and Passeport diplomatique or Passeport de service below it.[4] Diplomatic passports are red, whereas service passports are black.

The country-code XOM has been assigned by the ICAO after consultation with the SMOM and the machine-readable zone thus starts with `P<XOM`.[5]

## Acceptance

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See also: Visa requirements for holders of passports issued by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

The SMOM has diplomatic relations with 113 countries,[6] which therefore accept the passport. In the Schengen area (where most of the extraterritorialities of the order are located) it is recognized by 24 out of 26 members (all except Denmark and Norway).[7]

## See also

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* Vatican and Holy See passports

## References

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1. ^ "Bundesheer - TRUPPENDIENST - Ausgabe 2/2006 - The New e-Passport". www.bundesheer.at. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
2. ^ "The Order of Malta clarifies press reported figure on passports issued: currently 500 passports in circulation". Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
3. ^ Sack, John (1959). Report from Practically Nowhere. Harper & Brothers. p. 140\. ISBN 9780595089185.
4. ^ "Sovereign Military Order of Malta issues new e-passport". C. Haager (Keesing Journal of Documents and Identity). 2005. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
5. ^ "Council of the European Union - PRADO - XOM-AS-02001 - <Biodata page>". www.consilium.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 2017-05-21. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
6. ^ "Bilateral relations". Sovereign Order of Malta. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
7. ^ "Table of travel documents entitling the holder to cross the external borders and which may be endorsed with a visa". Council of the European Union. 17 June 2010. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.

## External links

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* Press release: The Order of Malta clarifies press reported figure on passports issue: currently 500 passports in circulation
* Document: XOM-AD-02001 (PRADO)
* Document: XOM-AS-02001 (PRADO)

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Catholic order of chivalry and sovereign subject of international law, founded in 1099 in Jerusalem,  Kingdom of Jerusalem

Organisation|

* Grand Master
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* Langues
* Foreign relations
* Diplomatic missions of
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Auxiliaries|

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* Military Corps:  Air Force (Historically:  Navy)
* Ships of the line

Society and culture|

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History,
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major
sites,
commanderies,
premises,
and battles|

| Rome|

* Palazzo Malta (capital) (1869)
* Villa del Priorato di Malta (1869)

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Malta

| Fortifications|

* Birgu ( Fort St Angelo (2001))
* Senglea (Fort St Michael)^
* Mdina
* Valletta (Fort St Elmo)
* Cittadella
* Floriana Lines
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* Fort Manoel
* Fort Chambray
* Fort Tigné
* others

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Palaces|

* Grand Master's Palace
* Vilhena Palace
* Verdala Palace
* San Anton Palace

Churches|

* St John (Conventual Church)
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* Our Lady of Pilar
* Our Lady of Victory
* St Barbara
* St Catherine
* St Lawrence

Auberges|

| Birgu|

* Allemagne^
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* Aragon
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* Castille et Portugal
* France
* Italie^

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Valletta|

* Allemagne^
* Aragon
* Auvergne^
* Bavière
* Castille
* France^
* Italie
* Provence

Rhodes|

* Fortifications
* Palace of the Grand Master
* Anatolia: Bodrum Castle

Holy Land|

* Saint John d'Acre
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* Church of Saint Mary of the Germans
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* Colonization of the Americas

Military
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Battles|

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* Siege of Acre (1291)
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* 1480
* 1522
* Capture of Mahdia (1550)
* Invasion of Gozo (1551)
* Siege of Tripoli (1551)
* Great Siege of Malta (1565)
* Battle of Lepanto (1571)
* Raid on the Kerkennah Islands (1611)
* Raid on Żejtun (1614)
* Battle of Chios (1621)
* Battle of Palermo (1624)
* Battle of the Gulf of Tunis (1624)
* Battle of the Dalmatian Coast (1624)
* Battle of Damietta (1732)
* Loss of Malta (1798)

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* Hong Kong
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* Costa Rica
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D–F|

* Denmark
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* East Timor
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* Gabon
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L–M|

* Laos
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* Moldova
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N–R|

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* New Zealand
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| UN observer states|

* Palestine
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Other sovereign entities|

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Sovereignty disputed|

* Abkhazia
* Kosovo
* Northern Cyprus
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland
* South Ossetia
* Taiwan (Republic of China)
* Transnistria

No recognition|

* Aboriginal Provisional Government
* Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois)

International organizations

| Africa|

* African Union
* ECOWAS

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Americas|

* Andean Community
* CARICOM
* Central America-4

Europe|

* EFTA
* European Union
* laissez-passer

Global|

* Interpol
* United Nations

Defunct passports

| Dissolved states|

* British Indian Empire
* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* Korean Empire
* Mandatory Palestine
* Rhodesia
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

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Former organizations|

* League of Nations (Nansen)
* UNMIK

Sovereignty disputed|

* Artsakh

Passport types

| Document types|

* Alien's passport
* 1951 Convention
* 1954 Convention
* Animal passport
* Horse
* Pet
* Diplomatic passport
* Hajj passport
* Internal passport
* Laissez-passer and emergency passport
* Service passport

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Data formats|

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