KIEV, Nov. 1 - The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the introduction of a passport in the form of a card for all citizens and opened up the possibility of a voluntary exchange of the old passports.

According to the Cabinet’s decree No. 745 dated October 26, the government approved the patterns and technical specification of the form of the passport in the card form and the procedure of its registration of the issuance, exchange, transfer, removal, return to the state, the destruction in accordance with the requirements of Ukrainian legislation.