noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
issue a passport/permit/visa etc
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The US State Department issues millions of passports each year.
passport control
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It took us ages to get through passport control.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
false
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He was provided with a false passport in the name of William Goode.
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McMullen unlawfully entered the United States in 1978 on a false passport .
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He was carrying a false passport when he arrived from London but was recognised during a routine check.
valid
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It is your responsibility to be in possession of a valid passport and any visa which may be necessary.
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If you do not already hold a valid passport , application forms may be obtained from the Post Office.
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A valid passport is essential when you travel abroad.
■ NOUN
application
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The U. S. Passport Office has a backlog of as many as 120, 000 passport applications , a spokeswoman estimates.
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It's absurd, these days, like submitting a portrait in oils with your passport application .
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The average turnround for a passport application in the last year has been six working days.
control
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The bustle of passport control and customs clearance over, father and daughter emerged into the pristine arrivals lounge.
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At the border, swastika flags fluttered from passport control and police sauntered to the car to demand identification.
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The Roberts were soon following the stream of passengers heading in the direction of passport control .
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Her cover was the passport control office.
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Only two passport control booths were open.
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Okay, so it still takes the best part of an hour to move the next ten paces past passport control .
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You don't have to queue up at passport control .
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From 1929 to 1936 he was re-employed, under the cover of passport control officer, in Rome.
office
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Then it was back to Milton Hall for Stewart and back to the passport office for Tish.
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The State Department, which administers the passport office , declined to comment.
photo
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We must have looked so gormless; we certainly looked it in our passport photos .
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Out front, stuck in the lawn by the walk, was a sign announcing that he took passport photos .
■ VERB
apply
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If you need to apply for a passport , do so at least 12 weeks before departure.
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She applied for a temporary passport , which involved getting a letter of reference.
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She couldn't apply for a passport as she was under age.
ask
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He was pleased nobody had asked for his passport .
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The older man greeted him politely and asked to see his passport .
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After 45 minutes of this and two cups of tea the official asked to see my passport .
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What will you do if they stop you in the street and ask for your passport ?
carry
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Less than 70,000 Hong Kong people carry this passport .
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He was carrying a false passport when he arrived from London but was recognised during a routine check.
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Everyone must carry an internal passport , and we were always conscious of security everywhere.
check
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After checking for passports and air travel tickets we had nothing else to do but wait for our taxi.
get
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After they got their passports stamped they found themselves just inside the larger concourse of the enormous building.
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I've got to get his passport and take him away from here.
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But we can leave as soon as you get the passport and the visa.
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But the backlog is clearing up, especially if you get your passport by mail.
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Businessmen will get most passports , perhaps as much as two-thirds.
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In the rear, I found out that you could get a passport .
give
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Amnesty International also intervened on her behalf and only days before she was due to leave, she was given a passport .
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Each boxer would be given a passport that officials could readily review.
hand
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There they are tricked into handing over their passports under the ruse that the men require them to process their visa applications.
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The officer handed him the passport with a little bow and a smile.
hold
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They may even be required to hold on to your passport for a while.
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Its founder, Vehbi Alimucaj, holds a diplomatic passport , according to Western officials.
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If you do not already hold a valid passport , application forms may be obtained from the Post Office.
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About 400, 000 Hong Kong residents, or 8 percent of the population, hold foreign passports as protection.
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One of the men held the women's passports .
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Maze fugitive Jim Smyth, 38, was released in San Francisco after being held for passport offences.
issue
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Like the committees of July 1936, they issued passports , raised local levies, licensed apothecaries.
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The government office had consequently delayed issuing an emigration passport .
need
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After changing his name by deed poll to Captain Beany he needed a renewed passport to match his new identity.
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Anyone who needs a new passport within three working days also can add a rush fee of $ 30.
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Joyce would need a passport , and that with the minimum of delay.
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If you need a passport , the time to get one is now.
obtain
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In October 1945 he obtained a passport .
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Loss of a passport up to £150 Reasonable additional travel and accommodation expenses necessary to obtain a replacement passport.
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He had been forced to sign a co-operation agreement in order to obtain a passport , although he had never actually collaborated.
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It may be necessary to obtain a supplementary passport .
stamp
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His features relaxed and he stamped my passport .
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Emmett, an immigration officer at Gatwick airport, stamped the passports , giving their holders the right to enter Britain indefinitely.
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The woman who stamped my passport made me change money with her and she robbed me.
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She stamps his passport without a word.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I was waved straight through the gate behind them, fanning the air with my passport .
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It is your responsibility to be in possession of a valid passport and any visa which may be necessary.
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Paris was mooted but when Henrietta could not find her passport they eloped to Edinburgh.
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So, on the whole I am cautiously in favour of machines inspecting passports at great speed, a scheme experimentally working at Heathrow.
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Though made with direct flash, the resulting portrait was anything but a passport picture.
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What will you do if they stop you in the street and ask for your passport ?