Nepal ID document drama escalates with Veridos, Mühlbauer, gov’t officials charged
There is a split between government officials in Nepal over whether Veridos and Mühlbauer, jointly awarded the country’s passport production…
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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…
Pakistan upgrading passport application biometrics, adding home delivery service
Pakistan is planning to upgrade the automated biometric identification system (ABIS) it uses for passport applications as part of an…
Thales supplier Linxens comes under scrutiny by UK’s Labour party
Passport component supplier Linxens is facing scrutiny over ownership links to Chinese investment firms that have been placed on the…
St. Kitts and Nevis launches passport modernization program
St. Kitts and Nevis has officially kicked off its passport modernization program, which aims to introduce chip-enabled biometric passports that…
Armenia passes biometric ID law as it moves toward EU visa liberalization
Armenia has passed a package of laws on identity documents, paving the way for the introduction of a new biometric…
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…
UK Home Office raises estimate for passport contract to 12 years, £576M
The UK Home Office has opened a third round of market engagement for its next major passport manufacturing and personalization…
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…
