Biometric international passport - a documentbeing vital for those people who love to travel. In the FMS of our country, they have already ceased to issue the usual certificates that were in use earlier. Now only a new sample of biometric passport is valid.
How did biometric documents appear?
The very first reason why it was takenThe decision to start issuing is not an ordinary one, but a biometric passport is too many cases involving document fraud. There have been too many fake IDs. And this problem was solved by introducing a completely new technology of personal identification. In any case, for a passport and visa documents, this has become a novelty.
Why biometric? Everything is very simple.The word "biometrics" means the process of collecting, processing, and storing data about certain personality characteristics related to its physiology. A person's weight, height, eye color, fingerprints - this is an example of such specific information. The document that stores such data is almost impossible to fake. After all, all information is stored in digital format and recorded on a special device in electronic form. So in terms of security, this document is almost perfect. That is why he won such popularity.
Information and its specificity
Каким же образом было решено, что за информацию should be inserted into a chip embedded in a biometric passport? It's simple. The specialists who developed the new document selected exactly those personality characteristics that are unique. Indeed, there is not a single person in the world with absolutely identical fingerprints or with the same rainbow shells. Even one point or line makes them different from each other. In fact, this information was decided to be included in the document. Plus, of course, the photographic image - after all, the facial features are also unique.
But then in the world there was controversy aboutIs it right to enter such data into a biometric passport? Many have said that this is confidential information. The disputes did not subside, and then it was decided that all countries would put in the chip only the photograph of the document holder, but the countries would decide on the iris and prints themselves. In the Russian Federation, a photo and fingerprints are recorded on the chip - the color of the eyes is not indicated.
How to get a new passport?
There is nothing easier.Any new citizen of the Russian Federation can easily get a new biometric passport. What is needed for this? Only come to the FMS at the place of residence, stay or actual residence with a certain set of documents. You should have only a completed application form for issuing a passport and a copy of the three pages of a civil identity card. You will also need the original passport. The only difficulty that may arise is in the queues. They are always long in the FMS. But even a few hours to spend it is not a pity. Served quickly - literally 5-7 minutes, taking fingerprints on the scanner, taking pictures and recording information in the database. After that, a person is free - you will need to come only after a month and a half for the finished document. But those people who made a passport at the place of residence, rather than registration, will have to wait a little longer - 4 months.
How to fill out the form
So, the application form can be found on the Internet,but it is better to go to the office and purchase it. It will also be filled in by the office employee, plus they will make copies of the passport as well. In fact, this is the best option, although you have to pay 400 rubles for all this. Simply, many people make mistakes when filling out, but the staff knows how, what and where to write. The biometric passport application form consists of two A4 sheets with many columns. Last name, first name, patronymic, date of birth - all, as usual. There is also a line indicating the type of activity, for example, “The secretary in the firm N from 2012 to the present”. If a person does not work, but studies, then the “student” is written and the name of the university.
There is still a separate graph for those who decided toregistration of a biometric passport is not in his city. That is, at the place of stay. There you must specify where the person currently lives. That is, strictly speaking, all the information that should be written there. And already on the spot, in the office, a photo of the person will be pasted in this form.
Interesting features worth knowing
Well, if the principle on which on the border withanother country checks the identity of an ordinary passport, it is clear, then how is the situation with the new, biometric? Not so difficult. To extract data from a microchip embedded in a biometric document, you simply need to enter into the computer the information printed by laser on the plastic page of the passport. To do this, use a special scanner.
In general, this document looks almost nothingdifferent from the standard. Is that on the cover there is a special logo, indicating that the passport contains data in electronic form. Everything else is on the first page. It is not covered with laminate, but made entirely of plastic.
Advantages and disadvantages
Well, finally, a few words should be said aboutadvantages of this document and its disadvantages. Of the benefits - the fact that the process of passing the border is much faster, plus the whole to falsify this document is unrealistic. And besides, its validity is ten years, not five. And abroad, such a passport does not cause any questions, but the old-style document in case of which will be checked longer. And of the minuses, perhaps, only the queues and the increased amount paid as state duty. For people who have reached the age of 18, it amounts to 3,500 rubles, not 1,500. But this is understandable, because other technologies are used to make such a passport. In principle, not such significant disadvantages, if you put them next to the advantages.
