05 June 2010, 16:00

Georgia stops issuing old-type passports

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The "Georgia-Online" reports that issuance of a biometric passport will take 10 days. It will contain a memory chip. The validity term of such passport is 10 years.

As reported by the "GHN" Agency with reference to the Agency of Civil Registry, a biometric passport is the third-generation document, mandatory to simplify the visa regime with the EU.

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