Passports

[Davedee]

Hi.
Could someone tell me please.
Back in the mid 60's when people emigrated to different places. Did they need passports? If so were lists kept?

I have a mother and son that I'm trying to trace that just disappeared about that sort of time.

[Elwyn Soutter]

In general passports were mandatory in the 1960s. For UK passports, records of issue were mostly destroyed after 11 years.

In addition to a passport, the emigrant would often have to have obtained a visa (or similar document) from Embassy of the country they were migrating to, authorising them to settle there. Finally the immigration authorities in the new country may have a record of the arrival (though whether such records for the 1960s would be open to the public I can't say).

[Davedee]

Ok.

Thanks for the info.

[andycand]

Hi

It was possible to emigrate in the 1960s without a passport, I didn't hold a passport and travelled on a Document of Identity issued by the Australian Government.

Andy