And 41 percent said the island's residents were simply Puerto Rican, presumably assuming the territory is a sovereign country. The remaining 15 percent said they were unsure of nationality. read more
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, so they travel with U.S. passports, if they travel internationally. There are no Puerto Rican passports— at least, no valid ones. To issue real passports, in general you have to be a sovereign country. I won’t go into the few exceptions to this. Puerto Rico is not one of the exceptions. read more
Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States of America. By act of Congress, people born in the US territories of Peurto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam, and Northen Mariana Islands are US citizens. read more
United States Passports only and then only for travelling outside of US Territory. No passport needed to or from Puerto Rico to the US proper. Puerto Rico is a "commonwealth" and sometimes referred to as a "freely associated commonwealth" in Puerto Rico. read more