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Dacic elaborates proposal to prolong old passport validity to end of 2010
Belgrade,
9 November 2009
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic today stated that his Ministry proposes to prolong the validity of old passports because of the inability to issue biometric passports before the end of 2009 to all those who submitted application.
Author:
Tanjug
Elaborating on the bill concerning amendments to the Law on travel documents at the Serbian parliament Dacic said that many Serbian diplomatic and consular offices have not been equipped to issue biometric passports, therefore citizens living and working abroad have to wait several months to get new passports from Serbia.
He said that if they come to Serbia they will be issued new passports under emergency procedure within 48 hours, but the problem is that many cannot come to Serbia at all.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified the Ministry of the Interior that equipment for issuing biometric passports has been installed in diplomatic and consular offices in Germany, Italy, France, the USA, Canada, Australia, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, South Africa and the UK, he added.
Dacic specified that 44,500 requests for new passports have been received from Serbian citizens living abroad, recalling that 1,250,000 new passports have so far been issued.
The deadline for receiving a new passport is from three to fifteen days, he said, adding that the Ministry of the Interior is capable of processing 8,000 passports per day.
The Minister said that the proposed amendments to the Law on travel documents envisage that passports for children below three years of age would be valid for three years, while for those from three to fourteen years would be issued for a five-year period.
MPs will today also discuss the bills on the unique voters’ list, gender equality and amendments to the Law on peaceful settlement of labour disputes.
So far they have contemplated 20 out of 58 bills on the agenda of the session that began on October 26.
He said that if they come to Serbia they will be issued new passports under emergency procedure within 48 hours, but the problem is that many cannot come to Serbia at all.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified the Ministry of the Interior that equipment for issuing biometric passports has been installed in diplomatic and consular offices in Germany, Italy, France, the USA, Canada, Australia, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, South Africa and the UK, he added.
Dacic specified that 44,500 requests for new passports have been received from Serbian citizens living abroad, recalling that 1,250,000 new passports have so far been issued.
The deadline for receiving a new passport is from three to fifteen days, he said, adding that the Ministry of the Interior is capable of processing 8,000 passports per day.
The Minister said that the proposed amendments to the Law on travel documents envisage that passports for children below three years of age would be valid for three years, while for those from three to fourteen years would be issued for a five-year period.
MPs will today also discuss the bills on the unique voters’ list, gender equality and amendments to the Law on peaceful settlement of labour disputes.
So far they have contemplated 20 out of 58 bills on the agenda of the session that began on October 26.
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