Does your country issue biometric passports?

not a country but HK

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/Cover_of_HKSAR_e-Passport.jpg/498px-Cover_of_HKSAR_e-Passport.jpg

For Malaysia, yes....since 1998

what does it mean 'biometric'? i've never heard about that word before lol :)

^^
It means that there is a chip in the passport booklet that stores information on unique physical aspects of the person to whom its was issued, such as fingerprints, retina scans, etc, that can more easily prove to the border guards that it is indeed real (not counterfeit) and belongs to the person whom is presenting it. It is to improve border security.

The USA is planning to go that way, too, but since I live so far from a useful border crossing and have no immediate plans to cross it, I don't hold one and don't know if they are being issued here yet or not.

Mike

I thought US started doing that, I got my passport renewed right before that.

Greece is as well issuing biometric passports, since 2003 i think.

Biometric passports, the best way to control us all! :banana: Here's a Slovenian one, I didn't find any without Italian, and no smaller either. :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Slovenian_Passport3.jpg

polish biometric passport since 2006

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/7467/62180857wq5.png

Biometric passport was introduced in 15 August 2006 and my passport is slated for a new one soon which means a bio metric passport for me soon.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Singaporean_passport_biom_cover.jpg

Front Cover

Also I was wondering why Singapore did not adopt it back in the 1998s considering that we are so closed to the creator of Biometric passport, Malaysia.

Does your country issue biometric passports?
Yes all new danish passports are biometric..

Don't have one myself yet..

Albania should have both the new biometric passports and biometric ID cards ready by this coming spring, right in time for the summer elections. French firm Sagem Securite won the tender to produce them although for bureaucratic reasons it took longer than it should have.

I am curious, how long does your countries' citizen should wait for passport renewals?

I am curious, how long does your countries' citizen should wait for passport renewals?
USA passports are good for ten years from the date of issue.

Mike

USA passports are good for ten years from the date of issue.

Mike

Malaysian passport, good for 5 years......renewal process should take about 2 hours, if i am not mistaken :)

Yes all new danish passports are biometric..

Don't have one myself yet..

I carry one but not the image i previously posted. I carry a BNO passport ;)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e1/Ukpassport-cover.jpg/180px-Ukpassport-cover.jpg

haven't heard Croatia is planning to do this... and IMO, why would that be necessary...

^ We introduced it so we can still go to the US without visa. I wonder, if I can go to the US without visa too, considering I don't have a biometric passport yet, but an ordinary one.

The new US passport is biometric. If you get a new one today, you are getting the biometric.

I carry one but not the image i previously posted. I carry a BNO passport ;)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e1/Ukpassport-cover.jpg/180px-Ukpassport-cover.jpg

^^ This is the real UK British National passport, not the British National (Oversea). A BN(O) looks exactly the same on the cover, but doesn't have EU on the top. In reality, BN(O) is still a Chinese National, to be protected by the Chinese consulate/embassy in a foreign soil. So what the heck, just get the cheaper and better HKSAR passport.

haven't heard Croatia is planning to do this... and IMO, why would that be necessary...

It is, but without hurry.

The new US passport is biometric. If you get a new one today, you are getting the biometric.



^^ This is the real UK British National passport, not the British National (Oversea). A BN(O) looks exactly the same on the cover, but doesn't have EU on the top. In reality, BN(O) is still a Chinese National, to be protected by the Chinese consulate/embassy in a foreign soil. So what the heck, just get the cheaper and better HKSAR passport.

Can't find any image of it! Unless I scan mine but I don't have a scanner.

I'm planning of changing mine to the SAR passport. Anyway, does that make me Chinese national even if I'm not Chinese?

Can't find any image of it! Unless I scan mine but I don't have a scanner.

I'm planning of changing mine to the SAR passport. Anyway, does that make me Chinese national even if I'm not Chinese?

I think so. To my understanding, both HKSAR passport and BN(O) holders are considered as Chinese nationals even you are not Chinese ethnic. Otherwise, how can the right of holding the HKSAR passport or BN(O) be granted if you aren't a Chinese national HK resident?

http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/chnnationality_2.htm

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Passport_of_Montenegro.jpg

Issue since last year, in May started I think.

Australia
http://vq.id.au/img/2009/01/passport-front.jpg

Chip page
http://vq.id.au/img/2009/01/passport-inner.jpg

Heh, never saw Australian one, looks weird when you compare it with European ones :).

Yes, all EU-countries have those...

http://www.polisen.se/mediaarchive/1539/45419/7956/pass200.jpg

From 1.01.2009 Bulgaria also issues biometric passports. The old passports remain valid until their expiry date.

All non-biometric passports in Pakistan were annuled a few years back, and it was made mandatory to get the new biometric passports. I got mine in 2005. Also, that circle inside a rectangle on all these passports denotes biometric I guess. If yes, then for some reason Paki passports don't have it.

All non-biometric passports in Pakistan were annuled a few years back, and it was made mandatory to get the new biometric passports. I got mine in 2005. Also, that circle inside a rectangle on all these passports denotes biometric I guess. If yes, then for some reason Paki passports don't have it.


Yes, rectangle means it is biometric passport, and not sure why your countries passport doesn't have if it is biometric...

New Serbian biometric passport (issued since july 2008):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Passport_of_Serbia.jpg

In Portugal since 2006.

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/601/431pxportugueseelectronrs7.png

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/7541/800pxinsidefrontcoverofte9.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/2307/800pxinsidebackcoverofpcz5.jpg

^^
é muito lindo :okay:

^^
é muito lindo :okay:

É não é?! ;) já o antigo passaporte também o era!

Yes, it's really a beautiful passport! The former Portuguese passport was also very beautiful! I still have the older one... just waiting for the final date to change the passport!

Pics from the former Portuguese Passport:

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1057/410px1kv8.jpg

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/678/61906046ed7.png

Albania Issues New IDs, Biometric Passports (http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/15949/). I don't know what form/color the new one but this is existing one.
http://www.worldpassports.org/europe/images/albania_red.jpg

According to BI, the new IDs cost 10 euro, while for the new biometric passport Albanians will pay 60 euro.

http://i42.tinypic.com/154k5et.jpg

New Passport of Republic of Kosovo it's all so biometric passport

http://i42.tinypic.com/154k5et.jpg

New Passport of Republic of Kosovo it's all so biometric passport

It's machine readable, but does not contain a chip yet. It was done so as to make it cheaper and easier in the beginning, when a large amount of people need to apply for it. It will become fully biometric in due course.

it is biometric and it was made in germany it cost only 26 euro its cool one

In todays Dutch newspapers I read: http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/3003531/__Vingerafdruk_in_paspoort_verplicht__.html

Vingerafdruk in paspoort wordt verplicht
STRAATSBURG - Nieuwe Europese paspoorten en identiteitkaarten moeten voortaan voorzien zijn van twee vingerafdrukken van de eigenaar. Het Europees Parlement heeft woensdag ingestemd met regelgeving hiertoe. De vingerafdrukken zijn verplicht voor kinderen vanaf twaalf jaar. Nederland heeft al aangekondigd dat reisdocumenten vanaf 28 juni van dit jaar voorzien moeten zijn van een elektronische chip met vingerafdrukken.

I'm trying to translate:

Fingerprint in new European passports
STRASSBOURG - New European Passports and Id-Cards gets two fingerprints on the holder of the Passport or ID-Card. The European Parlement has made this decision on wednesday. The fingerprints is obliged for childeren from the age of twelve years. The Dutch goverment announced that the newest version passport (electronic chip with fingerprints) going to distribute from june 28th.




So maby in the near furture, if you wanne pass a custom you need your finger?

Malaysian passport

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4278/elecpassportms5.jpg

The Biometric passport in CROATIA is going to be issued from July, 1th. 2009.

I only find this photo, its the diplo passport, the new one is going to be burgundy red like other EU passports.http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/17845442.jpg

So maby in the near furture, if you wanne pass a custom you need your finger?

We were discussing biometric passports in class specifically the use of fingerprints. What happens if the finger is severed or amputated? Damage to the finger in question (scarring, etc.) could raise questions if what the scanner picks up no longer matches what is stored on your biometric file.

Hm, I added a photo but why cant we see it??

Hm, I added a photo but why cant we see it??

You may not post attachments. Why???

It is important to note that biometric passports mean having a chip which stores fingerprint or iris data.

HOWEVER, many countries, such as the USA, do NOT do this for privacy reasons. Instead, the chip only holds the same picture as the first page.

My AUS and GB passports are non-biometric. Both 10 year expiry.

Romania will release them in a few weeks (months) as well. Hopefully, one step forward into our admission into the VWP among with Bulgaria, Greece, Poland and others remaining outside...

Croatian new bio diplo passport

http://www.image-upload.net/images/i0ub1geomoig9qjzmsy.jpg

Do you have a picture of information page of new Croatian passport?

@Kosovar

If Kosovan passport is Biometric why it doesn't have rectangle?

@beto_chaves

Nice passport :).

will we ever get biometric passports? anyone know?

will we ever get biometric passports? anyone know?
The USA has been issuing them for a couple of years now. Previously issued non-biometric USA passports are good until they expire.

Mike

It's machine readable, but does not contain a chip yet. It was done so as to make it cheaper and easier in the beginning, when a large amount of people need to apply for it. It will become fully biometric in due course.

^^^won't be able to use that for long

^^^won't be able to use that for long

Says who?

Malaysian passport

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4278/elecpassportms5.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Malaysia_Regular_international_passport.jpg/420px-Malaysia_Regular_international_passport.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/Restricted_passport.jpg/410px-Restricted_passport.jpg

Biometric passport
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_passport

Malaysia was the first country in the world to issue biometric passports in March 1998, after a local company, IRIS Corporation, developed the technology. In December 2002, thumbprint data 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 the Malaysian passport is a digital photograph of the bearer's face, and images of their two thumbprints. Malaysian immigration checkpoints were the only ones with the technology to read and authenticate the data from the RFID chip using a fingerprint scanner and facial recognition technology, but widespread adoption of ePassport technology around the world has seen the technology installed in international airports in the USA, the UK and other countries.

In addition to biometric data and the personal information stored on the information page, the chip also records the bearer's travel history of the last ten entry and exits at Malaysia border control points.

Concern about possible "cloning" of the data from the passport chip for the purposes of identity theft prompted IRIS to issue a press release in 2006, stating that the chip and data had never been successfully cloned, and that digital keys stored on each chip made such duplication and forgery impossible.

we have it too

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Pasaporte_esp.jpg

2011 is the planned date in Canada...but testing is only starting this year. They will finally be valid for 10 years instead of the regular 5. You can get enhanced drivers licenses in some provinces with biometric data if you want to travel to the US only.

yes, we have it in Slovakia since 15th january 2008 with face data and since july 2009 also with fingerprints, it's valid for 10 years and costs 33€

http://www.zive.sk/uploadedfiles/11543.jpg
http://www.zive.sk/uploadedfiles/11547.jpg
http://www.zive.sk/uploadedfiles/11544.jpg
http://www.zive.sk/uploadedfiles/11545.jpg
http://www.zive.sk/uploadedfiles/11546.jpg
http://www.zive.sk/uploadedfiles/11539.jpg
http://www.zive.sk/uploadedfiles/11540.jpg

The new Croatian Biometric Passport Issued since July the 1th 2009.

http://www.mup.hr/UserDocsImages/dokumenti/potovnica-korice-org.jpg

http://www.mup.hr/UserDocsImages/dokumenti/putovnicaorg.jpg

http://www.mup.hr/UserDocsImages/dokumenti/zadnja_putovnica.jpg

Albanian biometric passport since May 2009.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Albanian_biometric_passport..jpg

Rigid data page of the Albanian biometric passport.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Pasaporta_shqip_te_dhenat.jpg


similarities with EU biometric passport

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Albanian_Italian_biometric_Passport.JPG

Italian biometric passports

Adults: € 45,40 + €42,10 per year (you have to add a sticker, discount for 5-years sticker) - valid for 10 years

Minors
1-4 years old: same prices, valid for 3 years
4-18 years olf: same prices, valid for 5 years

Most immigration offices abroad don't give a look about whether do you have an anual sticker placed on your passport, but Americans usually do.

Are all European Union passports burgundy? I know they all say 'European Union' at the top first.

Common passports, yes, they are alll "burgundy".

A month ago, the Netherlands introduced the digital fingerprints in the new passports. (I know the fingerprint is also introduce in the UK and Italia)
But the Dutch government is already developing new generation passport with an eyescan. Within five years the fingerprint wil be replace by the eyescan.
http://www.volkskrant.nl/multimedia/archive/00168/vinger_168472m.jpg

http://www.parool.nl/static/FOTO/pe/5/1/11/media_xl_168896.jpg

Since several years on Schiphol you can pass the customs via the Irisscan. It's now only use by frequent flyers. In the furture Schiphol hopes that every traveler going to use the irisscan. So Schiphol can work with less customspersonels.
http://www.schiphol.nl/upload/e3527f85-7c99-455e-87a3-f932b1da1478_voordeel.jpg

You see the line behind, it's the regular customcheck. In the front you see the irisscan. With the use of the irisscan the lines wil decrease rapidly.
http://www.volkskrant.nl/multimedia/archive/00076/Privacybescherming_76700k.jpg

What is the furture bring us? That we all get an inplanted chip in our body, just like our housepets?

this is my current (biometric) password issued in late 2007, Indonesia officially launched biometric passport since 2006.

front cover
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9418/indonesianpassport.jpg

front cover (inside) and 1st page
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3198/indonesianpassportinsid.jpg

The Alien's passport for Slovakia is funny, great forward thinking :)

All EU passports are Burgandy. I really miss my black English (British) passport
OLD
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3362/3481508410_c7cbebd8f2.jpg
NEW
http://lifeinaustralia.today.com/files/2009/04/british-passport.jpg

Greek Biometric Pasport.(Hellenic Republic)


Cover:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a3/Passport_outside.jpg/412px-Passport_outside.jpg

The Alien's passport for Slovakia is funny, great forward thinking :)

All EU passports are Burgandy. I really miss my black English (British) passport


yeah, everybody is welcomed here, not as in South Africa :-)) we charge aliens only 19% income tax, all your base you can rent in Slovakia

http://i49.tinypic.com/28lq4xi.jpg

ad nostalgy, I still have old green Slovak passport with big national symbol and I'll really miss it with that stupid EU passport with small national symbol, at least your national symbol size remained same and only color changed

OLD nice passport (couldn't find better photo)
http://img.topky.sk/big/68650.jpg/cestovny-pas.jpg

NEW EU passport with small national symbol, there is a lot of free space
http://www.pasy.sk/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cestovny_pas_slovensky-slovakian_passport.jpg

Why don't Bulgarian and Romanian passports say European Union on them yet?

Moldavian biometric passport :)
http://www.registru.md/img/model/PAE_a.jpg
http://www.registru.md/img/model/PAE_b.jpg
http://www.registru.md/img/model/PAE_e.jpg

Why don't Bulgarian and Romanian passports say European Union on them yet?

I don't think that this is "a must" to comply with

Today I made a photo of Romanian biometric passport. It is written European Union so it is a must :)
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/488/romanianpassport.jpg

I got my new Bosnian passport today http://www.sarajevo-x.com/forum/images/smilies/bih.gif

http://i39.tinypic.com/10fci15.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/2r2rlao.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/29pqb5y.jpg

Random from google

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cLr2ib45547c/340x.jpg

And the inside

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Pasos_slika_1.gif