Armenia to replace passports with ID cards

Passports in Armenia will be replaced with ID cards on January 1, 2014, said Norayr Muradkhanyan, head of the passport and visa directorate of the Armenian police, said that , RIA Novosti reports.The ID cards will have an electronic signature and social data. They will cot $7.4. Cards for children aged under 16 and people receiving poverty-relief will be free. The IDs will last for 10 years.Biometric passports will be used only for visits abroad. They will also last for 10 years and will have 40 pages, instead of 32. Biometric passports will cost $61.6.Muradkhanyan said that adoption of the new IDs will minimize forgery of documents and illegal migration.

Passports in Armenia will be replaced with ID cards on January 1, 2014, said Norayr Muradkhanyan, head of the passport and visa directorate of the Armenian police, said that , RIA Novosti reports.

The ID cards will have an electronic signature and social data. They will cot $7.4. Cards for children aged under 16 and people receiving poverty-relief will be free. The IDs will last for 10 years.Biometric passports will be used only for visits abroad. They will also last for 10 years and will have 40 pages, instead of 32. Biometric passports will cost $61.6.

Muradkhanyan said that adoption of the new IDs will minimize forgery of documents and illegal migration.