Govt Extends Deadline For phasing Out Old Generation Passports

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The government has extended the deadline for the phasing out of the old generation passports.

In a statement issued on Friday, 21st January Immigrations Services Director General Alexander Muteshi said that the government extended phasing out of the passports to November 2022.

He said that the decision was arrived at during the 41st meeting of the East African Community (EAC) council of ministers held in Arusha from 22nd to 29th November in 2021.

“Since Kenya as a member state is bound by the Council’s decisions, we will abide by this directive for now,” read part of the statement.

The digital passports were launched in 2017. They have more security features than the old ones.

The new bio-metric passport contains the holder’s biodata such as fingerprints, digitally stored photo and signature among others.

It also contains a digital photograph of the holder and security features to prevent unauthorized reading or scanning of data stored.

They have enhanced security features embedded in an electronic chip to minimize fraud, identity theft, forgery and passport skimming.

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