Transition to new passports

On July 17   the President of Azerbaijan signed a decree on the application of the law "On Exit, Entry and Passports", which was passed by parliament  on June 12, 2012.

     The Cabinet of Ministers was entrusted to  submit within three months proposals for bringing into compliance with this law, presidential acts and laws and other normative documents.

     The decree provides  for the use of international experience, "one person + one passport", as well as simplification of rules, and the acceleration time for issuing passports.

      The government  should inform the president about the reform every  six months. On the whole,  transition to the new passports  should take six months. Changes  made to the law, provide for the issuance of  foreign passports to persons under 18 years of age. The term of the issuance of passports will be reduced to 10 days.

    In the case of leaving the country with children, the procedure of inscribing names and pasting pictures of  children to the parents' passports will be canceled.  Foreign passports will be issued now for children from  one-year-old  to 18 years. Passports for children under one-year-old will be issued for a period of 12 months, at the age of 3 years – for  36 months, till 18 years -  for 5 years

     For adults passports are issued for 10 years. State duties for  getting and  replacement  of service passports  have been cancelled. 

     In the case of the expiration of the term of document, change  of  name, the unsuitability of the passport, the identification of erroneous information in the passport or in an electronic  medium, the passport must be replaced within one day and the state tax will not be charged. The  validity of passports issued before June 1, 2013, will remain in force until the expiration of their validity, or till the change  of the name and patronymic of the citizen, as well as  if the  passport is lost, or  is brought to disrepair, or to identifying  incorrect information in the passport or in electronic media.

     New  passports will also be biometric, but they retain their color: common civil - dark green, the service passport  - dark blue,  and diplomatic passport  - dark red.-0-