The new age e-passports are expected to be rolled out in the country by 2016. Also known as Biometric or digital passports, these new passports will have a microprocessor chip embedded in it. “We are in the process of tendering.…
By Elets News NetworkThe threat of terrorist attacks and illegal immigration are pushing the use of electronic identity (e-ID) cards as…
By Elets News Network · 02 Apr 2014Regional Passport Office (RPO), Patna, was initially opened in 1979. At that time, entire work, entries and records…
By Elets News Network · 24 Feb 2014Deepak Agarwal, Senior Manager, Technical Marketing, Secure Micros STMicroelectronics, India Tell us about key focus area of STMicroelectronics and the…
By Elets News Network · 01 Dec 2013Encouraged by public response to its Passport Sewa mobile app for Android phones, the Ministry of External Affairs…
By Elets News Network · 06 Nov 2013[This article was published in the November 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]India is on the…
By Elets News Network · 01 Nov 2011The Danish government will start issuing new passports with digital photos and fingerprints starting on October 1. The…
By Elets News Network · 06 Jul 2011The Department of Immigration and Emigration of Sri Lanka is planning to introduce biometric passport system within the…
By Elets News Network · 30 Mar 2011Philippine officials in China launched the processing of applications for the Philippine electronic passport (ePassport) in Beijing.
By Elets News Network · 07 Mar 2011[This article was published in the April 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]International News: April 2010
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