Single center for passport printing activated at Armenian Police

2008-05-07 14:36:00

ArmInfo. A single center for passport printing has been activated at
the Armenian Police. Head of the Armenian Police Office of Visas and
Registration (OVIR), Colonel Alvina Zakaryan said at a press conference
that earlier the idea of establishing a single center was realized to
print passports for children. To avoid long lines to the OVIR and the
demand for all the documents, now citizens are required just to submit
documents to the local Office wherefrom the documents are sent to the
Center via special communication. The special communication is
available daily in Yerevan and weekly in regions, A. Zakaryan said.
‘Now database contains not only the passport data of citizens but also
their photos that are no longer attached to the documents but printed’,
she explained.

She also touched upon the new passport (biometric) system which Armenia
intends to change over to in 2010. A. Zakaryan said the present models
of passports will be issued till 2010 and the issued passports will be
valid till their expiry date. Foreign passports will be valid
simultaneously. Chips of biometric passports will contain photos and
fingerprints. A. Zakaryan did not rule out the future addition of other
biometric data. Passports are issued in Armenia for 10 years.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress