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Overview
Passport officers handle passport applications and other travel documents, including identity certificates and refugee travel documents, while maintaining records of issued documents.
In job descriptions, look for application processing, official document checks, passport records, fraud detection, customer service, privacy handling, enquiries and document-management systems.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work is built around passport applications, official travel documents and front-office decisions. A passport officer checks applications, verifies documents, answers enquiries and keeps issuing records reliable.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes document examination, fraud detection, application processing, privacy handling, clear communication and careful use of case-management or passport-record systems.
Salary context
Salary context depends on document responsibility, customer volume, privacy exposure, fraud-check complexity, language or communication demands and whether the role includes senior review or team coordination.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward senior passport processing, document-quality review, identity administration, customer-service coordination, fraud-prevention support or broader licensing-office supervision.
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Check whether adverts name the document types, application volumes, record systems, public counter work, privacy expectations, fraud checks and escalation routes for difficult cases.
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This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Public order and safety activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include immigration officer, police detective and criminal investigator.
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The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
84.24Public order and safety activities
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Occupation group
Government licensing officials (3354)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/aaf732b5-ee19-4c82-a08f-700fb98f5ca7 |
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| ESCO code | 3354.3 |
| ISCO group | 3354 |
| Concept type | Occupation |