{"id":337388,"date":"2025-05-19T18:22:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=337388"},"modified":"2025-05-28T17:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:09:30","slug":"e-passports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/e-passports\/","title":{"rendered":"e-Passports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: India has formally joined over 120 countries\u2014including the US, France, Japan, and Australia\u2014in issuing biometric e-passports. This move aims to enhance national security, ease international travel, and align with ICAO global standards. A nationwide rollout is planned by mid-2025. <strong>e-Passports.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-338528 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/e-Passports.png?resize=507%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"e-Passports\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/e-Passports.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/e-Passports.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/e-Passports.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/e-Passports.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About e-Passports<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A biometric e-passport is an upgraded version of the traditional passport. It contains a <\/span><b>Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> embedded in the back cover, storing the holder\u2019s personal and biometric details, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Name, date of birth, passport number<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Facial image and fingerprints<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Digital signature for secure authentication<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A <\/span><b>gold rectangle symbol<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the cover indicates its electronic nature.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Why India Adopted Biometric E-Passports<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s decision is driven by the need to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Strengthen border and document security<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Simplify visa and immigration processes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Combat identity fraud<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Meet international travel standards<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initiative falls under the Passport Seva Programme 2.0 and reflects India\u2019s digital transformation goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Security Features<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To protect sensitive data and ensure global interoperability, e-passports include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Basic Access Control (BAC):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Restricts access to authorised readers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Passive Authentication (PA):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Verifies stored data integrity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Extended Access Control (EAC):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Secures biometric details<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Public Key Infrastructure (PKI):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ensures data authenticity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Encrypted RFID chip:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Prevents tampering and forgery<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India has formally joined over 120 countries\u2014including the US, France, Japan, and Australia\u2014in issuing biometric e-passports. This move aims to enhance national security, ease international travel, and align with ICAO global standards. A nationwide rollout is planned by mid-2025. e-Passports. About e-Passports A biometric e-passport is an upgraded version of the traditional passport. It&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/e-passports\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">e-Passports<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":338528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-337388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/e-Passports.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}