What are passport "endorsements" and "limitations", and how do they differ?

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That page can be used for basically any type of note that the issuing authority wants to record. An incomplete list of examples, not all of which are necessarily applicable to Canadians:

  • a change in the holder's name (e.g. getting married)
  • other names by which the holder is known
  • travel restrictions (e.g. "valid for travel to all countries except Liechtenstein")
  • added pages to the passport
  • a change in the dates of the passport's validity
  • odd flavours of nationality (e.g. British or U.S. non-citizens nationals) and associated right of abode

And yes, these are only binding on the originating country: if the passport is endorsed to make it invalid for Liechtenstein, it's unlikely to stop its holder from visiting, but when they return and Immigration finds Liechtenstein stamps, there may be some questions asked. (Partly because Liechtenstein doesn't actually have border controls as such, so you need to go out of your way to get those stamps...)

Of course, in this age of digital records, this all seems a little quaint and these pages will probably go the way of the dodo someday.

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