Domestic and National Passport Very Close: Production Date Announced

General Directorate of Population and Citizenship AffairsIn February, it started working on new passports. The purpose of these studies was stated to be both to produce a domestic and national passport and to prevent the copying of our country’s passport. These studies have come to an end.

with the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs By the General Directorate of Mint and Stamp Printing House It was announced on social media that the final stage of the study was reached. With this announcement, the production of the new passport begins on August 25.

Features of ePassport:

• holographic ribbon
• ghost picture,
• Portrait photography created with letters,
• metamorphic pattern,
• Use of contactless chips as in new ID cards

In the statement made by the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs on social media, both in Turkey and in the world due to the pandemic While it was stated that there was a great increase in passport demands, it was stated that the supply of chips and other materials used in the production of passports was also disrupted as the supply chain on a global scale was disrupted. It is stated that the passport supply period may exceed six months in some countries. common (burgundy) passport requests 30, special (green) passport requests are also met within a maximum of 60 days.

It was stated that while 1 million 360 thousand passports were issued in the first 7 months of the year, 58 percent of the people who bought a passport had never gone abroad.

The General Directorate, which also provides information about the work they have done this year, “As of today, the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs has printed 76 million 842 thousand identity cards, 8 million 811 passports, 17 million 343 thousand driver’s licenses, 41 thousand private security identity cards and 30 thousand honorary traffic inspector cards, to our citizens in the furthest point of our country at the latest 3 days. Delivered within days.” used the phrases.