The current “blue passports” will be valid for RA citizens until their validity expires. Nelly Davtyan, head of the migration and citizenship service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, wrote about this on her Facebook page.

In particular, he noted: “At the same time, a citizen is free to apply for and receive a new biometric passport at any time. When receiving a new passport, the previous passports held by the citizen will be recognized as invalid, as the person will not be able to possess more than one passport at the same time.

A biometric passport will not mean that the document will simply have an electronic carrier (chip). RA has now started the process to sign the ICAO Special Toolkit (PKD) document, where digital passport security data is exchanged between countries. It is a “network of trust” that allows other countries to quickly check whether the document crossing the border is genuine, increases the security and speed of border control, and facilitates the international movement of citizens.

Let’s remind that yesterday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Minister of Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan presented the design of the new sample biometric passport and mentioned that they will start to be used from the fall of this year.

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