Ethiopia plans new biometric passport, digital visa launch this month
Information from Ethiopia’s Immigration and Citizen Services (ICS) office has it that the country’s new generation biometric passport as well…
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Can biometric ‘humanitarian’ passports protect dissidents from authoritarian regimes?
Authoritarian regimes have been leveraging their power over passports to control dissidents for decades: Canceling a passport or revoking citizenship…
Regula IDV software now compatible with more biometric passport readers
More biometric passport and ID card scanners will now be compatible with the identity verification software provided by Regula following…
ECOWAS to continue accepting old passports, ID cards from citizens of three Sahel states after exit
Citizens of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger who hold passports and ID cards with the ECOWAS logo will still get…
Datasonic scores extensions for Malaysian biometric passport supply contracts
Malaysia’s Ministry of Home Affairs (KDN) has extended a contract for Datasonic to supply the chips used in its biometric…
Sahel states under military rule unveil common biometric passport Jan. 29
Three West African countries – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – which are all currently running junta-led governments have announced…
Dominican Republic awards contract for 5M biometric passports
The Dominican Republic is set to begin issuing biometric passports in August, President Luis Abinader has announced. The tender for…
Sri Lanka considers another tender to solve passport crisis
Sri Lanka’s government is likely to open another tender for e-passports after a legal dispute caused a backlog of thousands…
New Syrian leadership asks Turkey to supply identity cards, passports
Syria has new leadership following 13 years of civil war and it will get new identity cards and passports supplied…
Biometrics is a key enabler for the identity management of the future
Interview with Marc-Julian Siewert, CEO of Veridos This month many people will be flying home or going on winter holidays….
