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Is Machine Readable Passport Required after 24 Nov 2015?

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Hi,
   I have normal German passport issued July 2010. I have read on different web sites that Machine Readable Travel Document(MRTD) is required after above date. I am traveling in Dec 2015 what should I do. I did not got any official letter about MRTD.

What is German policy about MRTD?

http://www.icao.int/Security/mrtd/Pages/24-NOV-2015.aspx

Regards.

Raj
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RE: Is Machine Readable Passport Required after 24 Nov 2015?
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15/08/15 16:42 en respuesta a sulman khan.
The old passports are valid until their expiration date:
http://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/FAQs/DE/Themen/Sicherheit/biometrie_faq_gueltigkeit.html

However this doesn't solve certain things. Another country might not accept it. Example: it is mandatory for German citizen to get a machine-readable passport to enter USA territories, even though Germany says above old passports are valid until their expiration:
http://www.usatipps.de/tipps/einreise/

And you are right, ICAO says all non-machine readable should be out of circulation until 24th of November 2015. Germany already introduced the machine-readable passports, so the system is there. It is the citizen who should ask for a new one. German authorities could have informed all citizens having old passports registered in the databases. However this could be a tremendous effort on local authority side. It is easier that each citizen should take care of this.

To remedy any headache, it is better to request machine-readable passport as early as possible. Because of the date above in the coming months getting the machine-readable passport might take much much longer, since a lot of people will probably ask for a new machine-readable passport which will cause a long queue/wait time. I know my case from Hamburg. I had filed the machine-readable passport request in beginning of April and got the passport End of May (1,5 months later!).
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