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2 unusual facts about Biometric passport


Biometric passport

On 25 June 2008 Indian Passport Authority issued first e-passport to the President of India, Pratibha Patil.

However just in December 2010 it began to issue passports with microchips, first in the capital Brasília and Goiás state.



see also

SmartGate

Trials of the SmartGate system in conjunction with the biometric passport technology were expanded in late 2004 from use with Qantas air-crew (which began in 2002), to include over 1,000 Qantas platinum frequent flyers.