What Do ‘P’ and ‘PP’ Mean on Your Passport?
Passports display the letters “P” or “PP” in the Machine-Readable Zone to identify the document type for border control systems. “P” is the original international code for a standard passport. “PP” is now widely used under updated ICAO standards to denote an ordinary or regular passport. ICAO added the second letter so that automated systems and airline staff can quickly tell ordinary passports (PP) apart from emergency (PE), diplomatic (PD), and official passports (PO). If your passport shows “PP” instead of just “P,” it simply follows the latest global formatting rules. Your citizenship, travel privileges, and passport status remain unchanged.
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