Macao Special Administrative Region Passport
The Macao Special Administrative Region passport also known as Macau Special Administrative Region passport (Portuguese: Passaporte da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau; Chinese: 澳門特別行政區護照) is an international travel document that is issued to permanent residents of Macau who are citizens of the People's Republic of China. In accordance with the Macau Basic Law, since the transfer of sovereignty on 20 December 1999, the passport has been issued by the Identification Services Bureau (Immigration Service under the Secretariat for Security (Macau)) of the Macau Government under the prerogative of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. The official languages of Macau are Portuguese and Chinese; consequently, all the passport's text is in Chinese (traditional characters) and Portuguese, as well as in English.
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