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    A biometric passport (also known as an electronic passport, e-passport or a digital passport) is a passport that has an embedded electronic microprocessor...
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  • There are multiple countries applying biometrics for multiple reasons, from voting to ePassports. The Gambian Biometric Identification System (GAMBIS) allowed...
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    in the process of issuing biometric passports, and therefore this makes the Bosnian e-passport one of the safest passports in the world.[citation needed]...
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    generation biometric passports to South Korean citizens has begun, which was delayed by one year as planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ordinary passport (일반여권):...
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    word "PASSPORT" is inscribed below. The biometric passport symbol appears at the bottom of the front cover under the word "PASSPORT". The passport contains...
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    and these are likely considered Ordinary Passports once issued. Biometric passports are known as ePassports in India. In April 2024, The Union Government...
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  • Official and Diplomatic passports British biometric diplomatic passport British biometric official passport Queen's Messenger Passport Current emergency and...
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    Cyprus are also eligible to apply for a Turkish passport. Passports issued since 1 June 2010 are biometric and valid for up to 10 years. Turkey is the only...
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    applicant's age. Its biometric version has been available since 2006. Every Italian citizen is also a citizen of the European Union. The passport, along with the...
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    2012. As of January 2015, all new passports issued by China are biometric e-passports, and non-biometric passports are no longer issued. In 2012, over...
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    The Swiss passport is a biometric identity document issued by the Swiss Confederation. It can be ordinary or provisional, or in special cases, diplomatic...
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    There are five types of passport booklets; the State Department has issued only biometric passports since August 2007. US passports are federal property...
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    travel. Since September 2015, a biometric passport has been issued, but the previously issued machine-readable passport can be used until its expiration...
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    Azerbaijani biometric passport. The first page of the Azerbaijani e-passport. The data page of the Azerbaijani biometric passport. Azerbaijani passports include...
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    machine-readable passports on September 17, 2007, and biometric passports on August 11, 2009. Green colored cover non-electronic passports remained valid...
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    and the international biometric passport symbol () below. The passport contains 34 pages. The third generation Croatian passport has been changed in design...
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    introduction of machine-readable passports, family passports are no longer issued. Since September 2013, only biometric passports are issued. The redesign was...
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    card. The Albanian biometric passport meets all standards set by International Civil Aviation Organization.[citation needed] The passport costs 7,500 lekë...
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    issue such "e-passports"; previously issued non-biometric passports usually remain valid until expiration. Eligibility for a passport varies by jurisdiction...
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    (DGGS) are Biometric and hold the biometric passport symbol . Non-biometric passports are valid until their expiry dates. Ordinary Passport (Arabic: جواز...
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    of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and are biometric passports. From 1945 to 1991, when present-day North Macedonia was a constituent...
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    published in Taiwan since 2008 have been biometric. The validity and international recognition of Taiwan passport are complicated due to the ongoing dispute...
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    stored in a chip in biometric passports along with a photo or fingerprint taken at the time of entering the eGates to verify the passport holder's identity...
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    USSR, Soviet passports were issued. Old (non-biometric) passport cover. Old (non-biometric) passport's page number 1. New biometric passport's page number...
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    Mexico transitioned to a biometric passport in 2021 called the electronic passport (pasaporte electrónico). Ordinary Passport – Issued for ordinary travel...
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    grazhdanina Rossiyskoy Federatsii, lit. 'Transborder passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation') is a biometric travel document issued by the Ministry of Internal...
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    was added to the biometric data on the passport chip. Similar technology is used in the Malaysian identity card, MyKad. The biometric data included on...
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    Syria's Department of Immigration and Passports announced that it is planning to change to biometric passports. In early 2019, Syria's Interior Minister...
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    Irish passports are issued by the Passport Office, a division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. All Irish passports have been biometric since...
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  • new passport design was to ensure that it would remain difficult to produce counterfeit New Zealand passports. Unlike the previous biometric passport, photographs...
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