Namibia Switches to Electronic Passports

Namibia has ceased the issuing of machine-readable passports and will start issuing biometric or electronic passports as from Monday, 8 January 2018.

This was announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration's director for immigration and border control, Nehemia Nghishekwa, on Friday at a media briefing in Windhoek.

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