For example, crossing a border may require the entrant to have a visa. Individuals seeking entry to a country other than their own as tourists, students or workers, must follow certain procedures. When a passport is created, it is valid for 10 years for adults and 5 years for minors. Above all, it allows you to travel to countries all over the world (whereas an identity card may only allow you to travel to some countries in the European Union, for example). Today, as well as acting as an identity document that allows its holder to travel abroad, it is one of the most requested documents to prove one’s identity. A passport is a travel document issued by a government to its citizens.