There will be no digitalization of internal passports books, so the Ministry of Digital Transformation recommends people switch to ID cards.
Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – April 09, 2021 – Articles
This was stated by the head of the development of electronic services at the Ministry of Finance Mstislav Bank.
“No digitalization of passports-books, because tens of millions of books have been issued in Ukraine, and they are all on paper. It is almost impossible to process such huge amounts of data, to check their validity, given that there was no data exchange between many state registers. we recommend everyone to switch to ID cards, “he said.
According to Banik, for those who do not want to switch to ID cards, there is a biometric passport, which allows you to use all government services in the field of services on a par with the usual.
This document is digitalized and displayed in the Action mobile application.
On March 30, the Verkhovna Rada passed a law amending the Law “On the Unified State Demographic Register and Documents Proving Ukrainian Citizenship, Identity or Special Status” (№4355), which equated electronic passports to physical counterparts.
Public institutions and private organizations will not be able to refuse to accept such documents from August 23, when the law legalizing electronic passports in the mobile application “Action” comes into force.
The Ministry of Education launched e-passports in the “Action” application in April last year.
Read Also: Paid $ 10,000 for the Passport and End up Deporting
Source: Ukrgate