Advantages of a biometric passport

It has been more than 10 years since biometric passports - documents with a microchip - began to be issued. The following describes the differences between a biometric passport and an ordinary one, its advantages and disadvantages, as well as the necessity of issuing such a document.

What is a biometric passport?

This passport is intended for travel abroad. It contains a microcircuit - a smart card that uses wireless technologies. User data is stored in the chip's memory. Which ones are decided by the International Civil Aviation Organization. The data can include a photograph, fingerprints, iris, etc. The prepared microchip is sewn into the passport page, where it will store information about the owner. Information about the microchip contained in the document is presented on the cover in the form of a special international marker.

Why is a biometric passport required?

Issue of biometric passports is one of the stages of Ukraine's preparation for the visa-free regime with the countries of the Schengen zone. But this is in perspective. Today, the relevant contracts have not been signed by politicians. Therefore, even citizens with a biometric passport must issue a visa.

Advantages and disadvantages of biometric passports

Advantages include:

• You can move freely throughout the Schengen area, visas will not be required (in the future);
• There is no subjective evaluation factor at the border;
• Automated reading ensures fast border crossing;
• Hard to fake;
• Good for ten years;
• If lost, the document cannot be used by other persons.

Disadvantages include:

• The possibility of tracking anywhere in the world;
• The cost of registration exceeds the price for registration of a paper counterpart;
• The possibility of damage to the chip, for example, when the document is folded;
• When data is hacked, the owner becomes vulnerable, which can cause him a lot of trouble;
• Today there is a stir around biometric passports. Therefore, the ego will not simply arrange it on its own.

Formation of a biometric passport

To obtain a biometric passport, you will need to submit:

• internal passport;
• identification code;
• men under 25 years old - a certificate from the military enlistment office or a military ticket.

Where are biometric passports issued?

The State Migration Service and the Visa Center are responsible for issuing such passports.

Steps of registration:

• You personally visit the migration service;
• You learn the requisites for paying the state duty, make its payment, receive it receipt;
• Fill out the application form;
• Take a photo (on the spot);
• Make a fingerprint scan;
• You leave a personal electronic signature.

Formation of children's biometric passports

In comparison with a paper passport, a biometric one is not suitable for pasting a photo of a child. Separate biometric passports are issued for children. Such a passport is issued to minors for four years. From the age of twelve, with the consent of the parents, fingerprints are taken. To obtain a biometric passport for a child, they provide a birth certificate (original + copy), as well as the parents' internal passports (original + two copies).

When biometric foreign passports appeared, paper ones of the old model remained valid without losing legal force. Our agency will help issue a biometric passport or change a paper one to a biometric one. You will not have to stand in lines, and you will receive the document in the shortest possible time.