Collocations for passport - noun
ADJ.
valid | false, forged | EU, Mexican, French, etc. | visitor''s
VERB + PASSPORT
apply for | renew | get, obtain | be in possession of, carry, have, hold, travel on
The police think the smugglers are travelling on Irish passports.
The police think the smugglers are travelling on Irish passports.
give sb, issue sb (with) | hand sb, produce, show (sb)
You have to show your passport at the border.
You have to show your passport at the border.
surrender
The Embassy made him surrender his passport.
The Embassy made him surrender his passport.
ask for | check | stamp | hand back/over
He examined my face carefully before handing back my passport.
He examined my face carefully before handing back my passport.
confiscate, seize
PASSPORT + VERB
be valid | expire
PASSPORT + NOUN
number, photo, photograph | holder | Agency, Office | control
We had to queue for ages at passport control.
We had to queue for ages at passport control.
PREP.
~ into
(figurative) The gold medal is his passport into professional boxing.
(figurative) The gold medal is his passport into professional boxing.
~ to
(figurative) Good qualifications are a passport to success.
(figurative) Good qualifications are a passport to success.
PHRASES
a full British/French, etc. passport
(= one showing that sb has all the rights of British/French, etc. citizenship)
(= one showing that sb has all the rights of British/French, etc. citizenship)