KYIV. Nov 2 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the introduction of a passport in the form of a card for all citizens and the possibility of a voluntary exchange of the old passports.
According to the Cabinet’s decree No. 745 dated October 26, the government approved the patterns and technical specification of the form of the passport in the card form and the procedure of its registration of the issuance, exchange, transfer, removal, return to the state, the destruction in accordance with the requirements of Ukrainian legislation.
After adoption of this resolution, the passport of Ukrainian citizen will be: issued by the centers of administrative services; produced in the card form only, containing a wire-free electronic medium; granted to every citizen of Ukraine who has attained the age of 14; issued for persons under 18 years of age for the period of four years, and persons who have reached the age of 18 – for every 10 years; contain information on the tax number (registration number of the taxpayer’s registration card from the State Register of individuals – tax payers) or a notice of refusal to accept the registration number of the taxpayer registration card.
This passport-card is issued upon achieving 14 years of age based on the application no later than 20 working days. In addition, if the passport is made not for the first time, then it is made within 10 working days having the application for urgent execution.
