Passport

Passports originated in Falla as documents civilians needed to travel between estates. Foreign travellers to Falla were given a time-limited travel pass upon arrival.
In the early years of the Forest, passports were limited to Falla and other nations considered the practice oppressive and unnecessary. In 645, a man infected by bloodsap arrived at the checkpoint at the end of a portage route in Haikella. He stated that he was arriving from Paisai, but in fact he was a Forest Folk who had become infected. He was able to pass through, board a boat to Haikella's capital, and was only caught when a city watchmen at the dock noticed the shine in his eyes.
Horrified by what could have happened, the nations of Veiama came together to create an international standard for identification papers. These passports would be stamped by guards at one end of a portage to verify to guards at the other end that the person indeed came from safe territory and hasn't been on the route for a suspiciously long time (which would suggest they were accosted along the way, became infected, and only now are arriving).
Not every citizen of a nation needs a passport, but anyone who either travels between nations or passes through the Forest does.

Design

A passport is a small booklet with a cover made from thick, oiled paper that wraps around and is secured with with a simple fasten. The cover is intended to be at least partially water-resistant, considering everyone travelling to a border will have been on the water at some point. The cover is also stamped with the crest of the issuing nation.
The first page of the booklet lists the bearer's name, date of birth, and a physical description. Following are a series of blank pages rangers can use for stamps.

Stamps

Passports are stamped whenever someone enters or exits a controlled zone. This includes both national borders and areas protected from the Forest.

Water Crossing Stamp

These stamps are given at checkpoints at national borders. When a person arrives in a new country via boat, having not set foot in the forest, border officials stamp their passport with a water crossing stamp, verifying they moved from one controlled area to another

Portage Stamp - No Quarantine

Some Forest stamps have mandatory armed escorts. Others have optional escorts, that cost extra on top of the toll for using the road. When a group is escorted through the Forest, no quarantine is needed at the end as the escorts can verify the party had no contact with bloodsap. In this case, the traveller gets a stamp when they enter the road with the day and time, and another stamp when they exit.

Portage Stamp - Quarantine

When an escort isn't available, or the traveller chooses not to pay extra for one, they receive a Quarantine stamp when they enter the Forest. At the exit, the passport is stamped again to verify they left the Forest in the expected time, and then they are escorted to the quarantine facility in the fort. After 5 days, their eyes are checked for any sign of infection. When cleared, their passport is stamped again to confirm they cleared quarantine, and they are free to continue travelling.

Work Stamps

Some people work in the Forest, notably miners. Mines typically have a worker town within a protected zone, and workers travel along a defended road to and from the mine every day. They get a Quarantine stamp the very first time they enter the Forest, and then a series of daily safe arrival stamps as they go to and from the worksite every day. When it is time for them to leave the town, they quarantine for 5 days and only then receive the Quarantine Cleared stamp corresponding to the one they got when they arrived.
If they leave and then come back, they repeat the process with a new Quarantine stamp.

Item type

Book / Document