Non-citizen passports, and refugee travel documents (in a passport-like format), are also issued.

The passport, along with the national identity card, allows Latvian citizens to travel and to have rights of free movement and rights to reside in any states of the European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland.

Latvian passports are burgundy red, with the Coat of arms of Latvia emblazoned in the center of the front cover.

The Latvian passport includes the following data: The information page ends with the transparent line and the Machine Readable Zone.

Passports issued in the interwar period and during the occupation of Latvia by Latvian diplomatic service in exile featured a brown cover and glued photos for the holder and his spouse.