Passport Cost Data 2005 - Angola, Albania, Netherlands Antilles...and 173 more

Abstract
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Data on the cost of a passport in the country of issue was collected by the World Bank in October 2005. The principal form of collection was through faxes, emails and telephone calls to the consular offices of each country having an embassy or consulate office in the United States. Other sources of information included websites of passport authorities, telephone calls and faxes to the relevant government ministry in charge of issuing passports in countries, and through staff in World Bank country offices. Passport costs were collected in local currency, and converted into United States dollars at the prevailing interbank exchange rate. After several follow-up attempts, data were able to be collected for passport costs in 127 countries.

In many countries there is not a single passport cost. An attempt to standardize was made by collecting the price of a first-time adult passport valid for five years duration, of the standard number of pages and obtained via the standard processing period. When the country only issues a 10-year passport, this is the price reported. The cost collected contains the cost of the passport itself, but not the cost of paying for photographs, birth certificates, or other such documents which are required along with the passport application.

Geographic coverage
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127 countries

Kind of data
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Administrative records data [adm]

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

摘要
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世界银行于2005年10月收集了发行国护照的费用数据。数据收集的主要形式是通过向拥有美国大使馆或领事馆的各国领事馆发送传真、电子邮件和电话。其他信息来源包括护照机构的网站、向负责发行护照的各国相关政府部门进行的电话和传真，以及世界银行各国办事处的员工。护照费用以当地货币收集，并按当时的银行间汇率兑换成美元。经过多次后续尝试，最终收集到了127个国家护照费用的数据。

在许多国家，并没有单一的护照费用标准。通过收集首次办理、有效期为五年的标准页数成年护照的价格，以及通过标准处理周期获得的价格，尝试实现标准化。当国家只发行十年期护照时，报告的即为该价格。所收集的费用包括护照本身的费用，但不包括支付照片费、出生证明或其他与护照申请一同要求的其他文件的费用。

地理覆盖范围
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127个国家

数据类型
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行政记录数据 [adm]

数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]