The validity of an Haudenosaunee passport for various purposes has been questioned, and the issue is entangled with the larger issue of
Haudenosaunee sovereignty. The
Isle of Man has issued public warnings rejecting the document as a valid form of either identification or nationality and regards holders as US or Canadian citizens, and the
European Union does not recognise it as a valid travel document and has issued guidelines stating that visas cannot be affixed to the passport, barring holders from the
Schengen Area. Both list the Iroquois passport as a "
fantasy passport", a document issued by a minority, sect, population group or private organization, the United Kingdom The Haudenosaunee passport has, however, been successfully used for international travel. As of 2010, the passports did not meet the 2009
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative requirements for entry to the United States, although upgrades were in progress.
Canada The Haudenosaunee passport is not accepted for entry into Canada. In early 2010, a delegation from
Kahnawake to an environmental conference in
Bolivia was unable to return to Canada on the passport, stranding the group in
El Salvador for several weeks before they were allowed, under escort, to transit via the United States. On June 18, 2011, another incident occurred at the
Cornwall, Ontario port-of-entry into Canada when an
Akwesasne Mohawk woman's Haudenosaunee passport was confiscated and a
Certificate of Indian Status card had to be used to cross the border. == Other Indigenous nations' passports ==