exit permit

Leave-the-country paper

An exit permit is an official document required by some countries before residents or visitors may leave.

Governments use exit permits to control emigration, collect debts or taxes, enforce military service, or restrict political dissidents: Soviet citizens needed an exit permit to travel abroad.

The requirement is often associated with authoritarian regimes.

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border · border control · emigration · departure · clearance · stamp · bureaucracy · checkpoint · freedom · freedom of movement · escape · refugee · refugee status · asylum · safe passage · document · crossing · customs

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Opposites
direction of travel authorization

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Authorization to enter territory

tourist visa · work visa · residence permit · visa on arrival · immigration papers

permission vs. prohibition

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Prohibition on journeys

travel restriction · house arrest · no-fly list · passport confiscation · border closure

Family

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