22 Facts About Biometric passport

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Biometric passport is a traditional passport that has an embedded electronic microprocessor chip which contains biometric information that can be used to authenticate the identity of the passport holder.

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Public key infrastructure is used to authenticate the data stored electronically in the Biometric passport chip, making it expensive and difficult to forge when all security mechanisms are fully and correctly implemented.

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The harmonized ECOWAS Smart electronic passport issued by the Nigerian Immigrations Service is powered by biometric technology in tandem with the International Civil Aviation Organization specifications for international travels.

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Travellers' data captured in the biometric passport can be accessed instantly and read by any security agent from any spot of the globe through an integrated network of systems configured and linked to a centrally-coordinated passport data bank managed by the Nigerian Immigrations Service.

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The Rwandan Biometric passport is issued Rwandan citizens for international travel.

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Rwanda started issuing East African Community Biometric Passport known as E-Passport in June 2019 replacing the old ones that will only stay valid until June 2021, The new passports are valid for five years and ten years.

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The citizen's Biometric passport will be issued to ordinary citizens and will contain 48 pages.

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The e-Biometric passport is valid for either five years or ten years depending on the age of the applicant.

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The electronic microprocessor chip embedded e-Biometric passport has forty-one different security features, including holographic images embossed in thin film laminate, which change colour under light and appear to move.

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The cost for a 5-year Biometric passport, issued only to children aged five and under, is US$80; while the 10-year Biometric passport, issued to all people older than five, costs US$100.

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The cover of the new biometric passport remains essentially the same as that of previous versions, with the addition of the "electronic passport" logo at the bottom.

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The Biometric passport contains a security chip with personal data and digital images.

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The biometric passport has been tested with passport readers abroad and is noted to have a 4-second response time – less than half that of a US Passport .

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The e-Biometric passport project is under the first phase of deployment and will be initially restricted to diplomatic Biometric passport holders only.

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Malaysia is however not a member of the Visa Waiver Program and its first biometric passport did not conform to the same standards as the VWP biometric document because the Malaysian biometric passport was issued several years ahead of the VWP requirement.

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Also the biometric passport was designed to be read only if the receiving country has the authorisation from the Malaysian Immigration Department.

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The new passport follows a completely new design, and features the passport holder's facial and fingerprint information as biometric identifiers.

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The passport is ICAO-Compliant with the biometric symbol printed on the biographical data page as well as at the bottom on the front cover.

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Biometric version of the U S passport has descriptive data and a digitized passport photo on its contactless chips, and does not have fingerprint information placed onto the contactless chip.

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In October 2004, the production stages of this high-tech passport commenced as the U S Government Printing Office issued awards to the top bidders of the program.

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Additionally, for travellers holding a valid passport issued on or after 26 October 2006, such a passport must be a biometric passport if used to enter the U S visa-free under the VWP.

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The new Biometric passport complies with the standards set forth by the Visa Waiver Program of the United States.

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