The passport Obama carries when traveling abroad

Like every other ordinary citizen, US President Barack Obama also has a passport but he is not the one who keeps it.

The first page of US President Barack Obama's passport. Photo cut from video

US President Barack Obama is one of the busiest people in the world with frequent trips to many countries around the world. Many people wonder whether the US president has a passport or not and whether he must carry it with him when traveling abroad.

To answer the above question, the White House in 2010 posted a video in which tPresident Obama's personal secretary at that time was Ms. Katie Johnson.Explaining the process of applying for and using President Obama's passport, according to the Washington Post.

According to Johnson, the US president certainly still has a passport like other US citizens. In fact, the first thing she did as Obama's personal secretary was to fill out an application to renew his passport after becoming president. The form had a blank space asking the person to write their job title, and it was too small to write the US president's title, she said.

This passporthas photo, date of birth, place of birth, signature and other basic information of President Obama.PassportIt was newly issued when Mr. Obama took office as US president, and has a special feature: the line "passport holder is the US president".

With Mr. Obama's constant trips, this passport is also full of visas and entry and exit stamps of the countries he visits.

However, Mr. Obama does not keep this passport. Instead, the White House staff keeps it in a safe located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. President Obama's passport is shared with the passports of other White House staff.

According to the Washington Post, images of the passports of US President Obama and 30 other world leaders were leaked in 2014 when these leaders attended the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia.

An Australian immigration officer accidentally sent information from world leaders to the organizers of an Asian football tournament via email.

The letter contains passport numbers, visa numbers, dates of birth and a series of other personal data of Mr. Obama and the leaders of Russia, Germany, China, England, India, Japan, Indonesia...

According to VNE