KIEV, Nov. 22 – The Interior Ministry announced plans to introduce electronic passports with biometric data for Ukrainians traveling abroad in the second half of 2011.
Director of the State Department for Citizenship, Immigration and the Registration of Individuals Yevhen Mamonov said at a press conference in Kiev that such passports are necessary, as visa-free travel would be introduced soon.
According to Mamonov, during a meeting on November 17 the Cabinet of Ministers proposed profile agencies make up a list of biometric data on chips for the electronic documents for traveling abroad.
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