Government of India Launches e-Passport
The Government of India plans to issue e-passports to diplomats from next month and to the citizens from the September 2010 onwards.
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e-Passport to be Introduced in India from June
In an effort to check misuse of passports in the present format, e-Passports carrying biometric information in a chip will be introduced by the Government of India.
Indian Embassy in Doha Introduces Machine-Readable Passport
The Indian Embassy in Doha has introduced machine readable passports (MRPs) in consonance with the guidelines issued by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The new document is machine printed and machine-readable.
Brunei
Soon, every citizen in Brunei will be able to get e-Passport or biometric passport. The Department of National Registration and Immigration has officially launched e-Passport project in 2008.
e-Passports in Botswana
Addressing the issue of stolen passports and identity theft in the Botswana, the government is planning to introduce machine-readable passports shortly.
New facilities at Passport Office E-passports by 2013
The Central Government in India is planning to fully implement e-passports in the country by 2013, according to Minister of State for External Affairs E.Ahmed.
e-Passport coming soon
Heightened global security concerns led the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to set a deadline of 2015 for governments to equip passports with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. In 2003, ICAO adopted a global plan for the implementation of not just machine-readable passports but also for the use of biometric identifiers in all of its 188 member countries.
