Passport
A passport is a
document, issued by a national government, which certifies the identity and
nationality of its holder for the purpose of international travel. The elements
of identity contained in all standardized passports include information about
the holder, including name, date of birth, gender and place of birth.
Epassport
A biometric passport,
also known as an e-passport, ePassport, is a combined paper and electronic
passport that contains biometric information that can be used to authenticate
the identity of travellers. It uses contactless smart card technology, including
a microprocessor chip embedded in the front or back cove of the passport.
Document and chip characteristics are documented in the International Civil
Aviation Organization's. The passport's critical information is both printed on
the data page of the passport and stored in the chip. Public Key Infrastructure
is used to authenticate the data stored
electronically in the passport chip making it expensive and difficult to forge
when all security mechanisms are fully and correctly implemented. The chip
contains all the information’s on page 2 of a passport, except signature, and
the passport should be open on page 2 to read the chip this acts as a lock and
more secure way to protect or personal information.
Difference
A normal passport does
not have a microchip, an E-passport contains a RFIC chip which can be read without actually needing to look into the
document. The ePassport's chip is of the type "Write-Once, Read-Many"
that is sometimes stated using the ugly WORM acronym. Once personalized with
the passport holder's data, the content of chip cannot be changed.
These are the countries that uses ePassport:
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1 Malaysia (1998.3.1)
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2 Dominican Republic (2004.5.1)
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3 Pakistan (2004.10.25)
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4 Belgium (2004.11.24)
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5 Thailand (2005.5.26)
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6 Monaco (2005.7.18)
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7 Sweden (2005.10.3)
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8 Norway (2005.10.3)
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9 Australia (2005.10.24)
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10 Germany (2005.11.1)
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11 New Zealand (2005.11.4)
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12 UK (2006.3.6)
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13 Japan (2006.3.20)
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14 France (2006.4.12)
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15 Singapore (2006.4.29)
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16 Iceland (2006.5.23)
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17 Austria (2006.6.16)
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18 Portugal (2006.7.31)
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19 Denmark (2006.8.1)
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20 USA (2006.8.14)
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21 Spain (2006.8.14)
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22 Finland (2006.8.21)
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23 Holland (2006.8.26)
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24 Greece (2006.8.26)
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25 Lithuania (2006.8.28)
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26 Luxembourg (2006.8.28)
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27 Slovenia (2006.8.28)
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28 Poland (2006.8.28)
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29 Hungary (2006.8.29)
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30 Czech Republic (2006.9.1)
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31 Russia (2006.9.1)
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32 Andorra (2006.9.1)
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33 Switzerland (2006.9.4)
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34 San Marino (2006.10.12)
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35 Ireland (2006.10.16)
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36 Liechstenstein (2006.10.26)
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37 Italy (2006.10.26)
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38 Somalia (2007.1.21)
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39 Hong Kong (2007.2.5)
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40 Brunei (2007.2.17)
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41 Cambodia (2007.3.6)
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42 Macedonia (2007.4.2)
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43 Estonia (2007.5.22)
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44 Ukraine (2007.6.1)
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45 Iran (2007.7.1)
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46 Venezuela (2007.7.1)
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47 Maldives (2007.7.26)
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48 Nigeria (2007.8.17)
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49 Latvia (2007.11.20)
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50 Bahamas (2007.12.5)
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51 Senegal (Dec 2007)
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52 Republic of Moldova
(2008.1.1)
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53 Slovakia (2008.1.15)
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54 South Korea (2008.3.11)
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55 Qatar (2008.4.20)
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56 Montenegro (2008.5)
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57 India (2008.6.25)
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58 Serbia (2008.7.7)
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59 Turkmenistan (2008.7.10)
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60 Ivory Coast (2008.7.30)
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61 Malta (2008.10.8)
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62 Republic of China (Taiwan)
(2008.12.29)
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