Month: March 2020

As the first country in South Asia and the 119 countries in the world, the e-passport program has officially started in Bangladesh. According to DIP.Gov.bd data, the e-passport is a biometric passport containing an embedded electronic chip. The chip contains biometric information, which is used to authenticate the passport holder. It uses microprocessors or smart card technology with chips and antennas. Important passport information is stored in the chip. The biometric information taken in the e-passport is pictures, fingerprints, and Eyeris. The electronic border control system (E-Border) compares the biometric properties of the passport chip to the external validation. The information on the passport chip is verified through Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). So it is difficult to commit fraud. Difference Between General Passport And ePassport: The difference between an ordinary passport and ePassport is that e-passport, which has a small and slim size chip like the SIM of a mobile phone. It will have that kind of security, which has many features hidden. During e-passport, the information found in the machine-readable passport (MRP) database will be transferred to the e-passport. The application for e-passport, like the ordinary passport, can be found online. A PDF form can be filled out by hand if desired. Photo and verification do not need to be done while filling the form. However, in the case of the elderly, national identity cards and birth certificates have been made compulsory in the case of minors. While accepting the application form, the applicant will be photographed with 10 fingerprints and Eyeris. That information will be added to the chip. The immigration police will come out with all the information to grab the passport page in front of the special machine. There are two types of e-passports. One is 48 pages, the other is 64 pages. There are three