A travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international entity pursuant to international agreements to enable individuals to clear border control measures. Travel documents usually assure other governments that the bearer may return to the issuing country, and are often issued in booklet form to allow other governments to place visas as well as entry and exit stamps into them.
Automated travel document inspection at Dubai Airport
U.S. CBP Office of Field Operations agent checking the authenticity of a travel document at an international airport using a stereo microscope
New cover of Carte Jaune issued by the Philippines since 2021
The front cover of a blue machine-readable United Nations laissez-passer
An identity document is any document that may be used to prove a person's identity. If issued in a small, standard credit card size form, it is usually called an identity card, or passport card. Some countries issue formal identity documents, as national identification cards that may be compulsory or non-compulsory, while others may require identity verification using regional identification or informal documents. When the identity document incorporates a person's photograph, it may be called photo ID.
The Tunisian identity card
Chinese second generation ID card
Indonesian national identity card
Israeli biometric national identity card