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Saturday, June 28, 2008
With the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, you may have been thinking that travel at airports has become pretty much as inconvenient as possible, however, India is trying to balance both security as well as convenience for travelers and has issued a new e-passport program.
President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice President Ansari all being issued the first e-passports. The new e-passports are unusual because they are biometric. These initial e-passports are being issued for diplomats only - citizens will be given access to the e-passports beginning in September 2010. “Around 800,000 e-passports would be issued by 2010,” External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said after presenting the first e-passport to Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan. “It is compatible with international standards and identity cards. It will protect against fraud and security breaches. It is easy to verify the The biometric e-passports have an electronic chip that contains all relevant personal data and simplify procedures at immigration. The United States hasn't implemented anything like the e-passport but there are numerous technologies under consideration that would allow the passport process, especially passport renewals to be even quicker. Labels: passport, passport applications, passport renewal, passport services, passports, travel, visa @: TexasTower.net  
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