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The Directorate General of Immigration has announced that it will implement the use of electronic passports next year. The immigration intelligence director of the Directorate General of Immigration, Gatot Subroto, said one of the purposes of electronic passports was to minimize the use of fake passports. “The Di
Indonesia: E-passports to be implemented next year
Date: 2014/04/18
Source: The Jakarta Post
The Directorate General of Immigration has announced that it will implement the use of electronic passports next year.
The immigration intelligence director of the Directorate General of Immigration, Gatot Subroto, said one of the purposes of electronic passports was to minimize the use of fake passports.
“The Directorate General of Immigration has caught 100 fake passports users in Batam,” he said, adding that the device to detect fake passports was very expensive and could cost up to $87,600.
Gatot said that every airport in Indonesia had to stay alert because many fake passport users traveled through small airports.
Gatot added that the electronic passports would refer to an electronic identity card (e-KTP) database.
“To expedite the making of electronic passports, citizens have to support the use of the e-KTP,” he said, adding that residents in some areas did not have e-KTPs.