Salvadoran passport

Salvadoran passport Pasaporte salvadoreño
Contemporary Salvadoran passport
Type	Passport
Issued by	El Salvador
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Salvadoran citizenship
Expiration	6 years after issuance for individuals

Salvadoran passports (Spanish: Pasaporte salvadoreño) are issued to citizens of El Salvador to travel outside the country.

Passports are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or, if the citizen resides abroad, at the Salvadoran embassy. Besides serving as proof of identity and of citizenship, they facilitate the process of securing assistance from Salvadoran consular officials abroad, if needed. Citizens can not have multiple Salvadoran passports at the same time.

Like all Central American passports the cover is navy with gold fonts stating the official name of the country in Spanish and in English. A map of Central America is displayed with the Salvadoran territory shaded.

The Salvadoran passport includes the following data:

• Type ('P' - Passport)
• Code for issuing country ("SLV" - Salvadoran)
• Passport Number
• Name of bearer
• Nationality
• Date of birth
• Sex
• Mother name
• Place of birth
• Date of issue
• Date of expiry
• Booklet Number
• Issuing Authority

The data page is printed in Spanish and English, while the personal data is entered in Spanish.

The Salvadoran passport contains 48 pages, of which one page (the first one) shows the information of the document holder, suitable for visas and border stamps.

The Central America-4 Border Control Agreement (CA-4) was a treaty signed in June 2006 between the Central American nations of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, establishing the free movement across borders between the four signatory states of their citizens without any restrictions or checks. Foreign nationals who enter one of the signatory countries can also travel to other signatory states without having to obtain additional permits or to undergo checks at border checkpoints.

Countries	CA-4	ID Travel
Guatemala	YES	YES
Honduras	YES	YES
Nicaragua	YES	YES
Costa Rica	NO	NO
Panama	NO	NO

As of 1 June 2021, Salvadoran citizens had visa-free or visa free access to 134 countries and territories, ranking the Salvadoran passport 37th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley visa restrictions index.^[1]

• Central America-4 passport
• Visa requirements for El Salvador citizens
• Visa policy of El Salvador
• List of diplomatic missions of El Salvador
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador

• Council regulation 539/2001 [1]
• Council regulation 1932/2006 [2]
• Council regulation 539/2001 consolidated version, 19.1.2007 [3]
• List of nationals who do need a visa to visit the UK [4].
• List of countries whose passport holders do not require visas to enter Ireland [5].

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador