Which regions will be the first to receive e-passports
Miscellaneous / / December 27, 2021
They will begin to operate as early as 2023.
Moscow, Moscow Region and Tatarstan were selected as the first test regions for testing e-passports in Russia. About it informs RIA Novosti citing Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.
A digital ID is like a regular bank card with a contactless chip. It will contain several degrees of protection, and the card itself will indicate the person's personal data, as on the second spread of an ordinary passport, and his photograph. Such a card will replace not only a passport: if desired, it will also be possible to write down a TIN, SNILS or driver's license number on it.
It is planned to complete the preparatory measures for the introduction of new passports by the end of 2022, and they will begin to issue them at the beginning of 2023. Although at first it will be possible to obtain a digital passport only in Moscow, the Moscow region and Tatarstan, which have a "high technical readiness" for their use, such a document will be valid throughout Russia.
Replacing your paper passport with a new card will not be mandatory.