There is no doubt that Technology has changed the way to traveland proof of this is the Electronic passport Now available in Mexico, which allows citizens to identify abroad more quickly and safely.
Issued by the Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE), this new document is a conventional passport evolution. Here we tell you how to process it, its benefits and costs.
Thanks to its technology, the electronic passport provides greater security to travelers.Gustavo Fring / Pexels
What is the electronic passport?
The electronic passport, digital passport or Mexican biometric passport is a new document issued by the SR that has a Chip that stores the data and photography of its owner so that you can identify abroad, such as the conventional passport.
How does it work?
Despite being printed, which distinguishes the electronic passport is the chip located in the back, with which it is possible Identify your holder without the need for contact with readers Thanks to the data and photography that this stores, which appear printed on a polycarbonate sheet impossible to falsify.
In addition, this new passport has a latest generation hologramwhich makes it one of the 15 safest passports worldwide, speeding up the entry into migratory points inside and outside the country.
The new digital passport allows you to identify its owner without the need for contact with readers.Nappy / Pexels
How do you get?
Like the conventional passport, this new document is processed before an SRE office with the appointment, through its website. The necessary documents At the time of the appointment they are:
- Certified copy of the birth certificate
- Official identification
- Proof of payment for the selected validity
- Curp certified