Taiwan begins issuing e-passports
30 December, 2008
category: Biometrics, Contactless, Corporate, Government
Taiwan has begun issuing Republic of China electronic passports, making it the 60th country to produce the secure passports. The new passports comply with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization. However, the country’s current machine readable passports can still be used until they expire.
The new passport contains a contactless chip and antenna embedded in its back cover, with the bearer’s biographical data and facial image stored on the chip.
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