You're reading: Ukraine will start getting biometric foreign passports by 2015

The Cabinet of Ministers has issued a decree to start the production, registration and issue of the biometric foreign passports from Jan. 1, 2015. 

This is foreseen in government decree No. 152 of May 7, 2014.

In particular, the government approved a sample of the form, technical description and procedure of the registration, issue, exchange, sending, withdrawal, returning to the state, destroying of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine for traveling abroad with a contactless electronic carrier.

Besides, the government ordered to start issue of the passports from January 1, 2015.

According to the government, the documents issued from the moment of enacting of this document, are valid for the term they are issued.