Biometric Passports To Be Introduced in Ukraine

The Supreme Council of Ukraine passed  the law “On Unified  State Demographic Register” which envisages introduction of biometric passports in Ukraine.

According to Ukrinform.ua, 233  deputies voted for the law.

According to the law, each citizen regardless of his/her age, is obliged to obtain a passport in the form of a card  containing a contactless electronic information carrier. The passports are issued to all persons from their birth for ten years.

The biometric passport includes information contained in the unified state demographic register, such as the name, date of birth or death, place of birth, sex, date of entering of information to the register, information about the parents, guardians, etc.