The Ministry of Digital Development of Kyrgyzstan proposes to approve the procedure for registration and issuance of passports of 2023 variant. The document has already been submitted for public discussion.
The draft decree of the Cabinet of Ministers proposes to approve:
- Regulation on the international passport of a citizen of Kyrgyzstan of 2023 variant;
- Regulations on the identification card — passport of a citizen of Kyrgyzstan of 2023 variant;
- Instructions on the procedure for accepting documents, processing, production (personalization), accounting, issuance and destruction of ID cards and the international passports.
It is also planned to amend the regulations on national passports of the Kyrgyz Republic and the rates of state duty for their issuance.
The draft law proposes to establish that national passports made in 2023 will be issued when the old passport forms of 2017 (ID card) and 2020 (international passport) will come to an end. This norm is designed for a smooth transition from the old passports to the new ones.
According to the data on the number of forms of old identity cards, national passports of the 2023 variant will begin to be issued in March 2024.
Until this time, the Ministry of Digital Development and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will have to carry out work on the legalization of passports made in 2023, send their samples to foreign countries, conduct an awareness campaign about the start of issuing passports of the new variant and other necessary measures.
The draft law also stipulates that Infocom state enterprise will personalize the new passports. It has all the technical and material capabilities for this.
Printing of passports of the 2023 variant began in Kyrgyzstan in September.
