E-passport Starts From November 25

Bangladesh will officially launch the e-passport from November 25, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen confirmed that. The Foreign Minister said at a press conference at his office on Thursday about the recently concluded Europe visit, the concerned authorities have confirmed the date.

External Affairs Minister said the expatriate Bangladeshi will not have any more problems in renewing their passport as the e-passport period is 5 years.

The e-passport consists of an electronic microprocessor chip, which analyzes the stored biometric information to identify the passport carrier. It has 20 types of security features. Currently, the information found in the Machine Readable Passport (MRP) database is being transferred to the e-passport.

The Department of Export and Passport was supposed to start distributing electronic passports or e-passports from July last year to facilitate travel abroad.

Bangladesh and Germany signed an agreement on July 7 last year after the government decided to launch e-passports along with the MRP.

The e-passport launched and automated border control management system was started on July 27, with the government financing the implementation of this related project.