And officials here say they fear that thousands of others will now be delayed weeks or months, waiting for the authorities to issue passports.

Their job is to issue passports, to do investigations and to take care of security for the homeland.

A36-15 in which it urged its 190 member countries to issue readable passports from 2010.

According to the department, Ireland has never issued passports in those names.

Citizens are not issued passports prior to completion of military service.

According to the same act, the minister of foreign affairs may issue official passports to:

It does not issue passports (except in an emergency) or visas.

They issued passports, managed improvement of territory and other local affairs.

Eventually the Soviet authorities relented and issued passports for the couple.

Issued passports, designed a flag, opened an embassy and everything.