e-passport to be launched Nov 28
Bangladesh will formally introduce electronic passports (e-passport) on November 28 , Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.
While briefing reporters at his office on his recent Europe tour, the minister said relevant authorities have confirmed the date.
Dr Momen said the difficulties of Bangladeshi expatriates in renewing their passports will be over as e-passports will have a validity period of 10 years.
An e-passport is a biometric passport which includes a chip containing the information that is printed on the passport’s data page. In some countries, e-passports include two fingerprints as well.
The Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) was supposed to begin distribution of the e-passports from July to ease immigration, but it did not see light within the deadline.
Bangladesh and Germany signed an agreement on July 19 last year, following Dhaka’s decision to issue electronic passports alongside machine-readable ones.
Implementation of the project - Introduction of e-passport and Automated Border Control Management in Bangladesh - started in July 2018.
Comments