Niger joins regional biometric passport initiative with Burkina Faso, Mali
Niger has become the latest member of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) to launch a regional biometric passport as…
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Nigeria achieves full ICAO PKD integration for its biometric passport
The Nigerian government recently announced that it has completed the integration process with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO’s) Public…
Morocco approves new legal framework for more secure biometric passport
The Moroccan government council has given its greenlight to a decree that outlines a litany of new rules for the…
Pakistan making full transition to biometric passports
Pakistan is phasing out machine-readable passports and plans to fully switch to electronic passports containing an NFC chip that stores…
Armenia prepares to issue redesigned biometric passports this fall
Armenia has announced that the design of biometric passports is ready, and their issuance is scheduled for the fall of…
Luxembourg launches new 10-year biometric passport
Luxembourg officially introduced its new biometric passport on Monday, equipped with stronger security features and an extended validity period of…
Armenia gets patriotic with biometric passports, ID cards coming in fall 2026
Armenia has a new biometric passport. A release from the government says the prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, can confirm that…
Armenia approves legal framework for biometric passport and ID rollout
The Armenian government has approved amendments to a package of laws related to identity documents, creating a unified legislative framework…
Thales supports Dominican Republic’s biometric passport system upgrade
Thales, together with local consortium partner Midas Dominicana, is providing the technology and technical expertise for the implementation of a…
GenKey takes over biometric passport, national ID card production in Comoros
East African archipelago nation Comoros has selected GenKey to produce its biometric passports and national ID cards. GenKey replaces Semlex,…
