The domestic and national passport, which started to work in February with the instruction of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has come to an end. The works carried out by the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs and the General Directorate of Mint and Stamp Printing House have been completed, and the production of our domestic and national passport will begin as of August 25. In addition to being domestic and national, it will have the feature of being the most secure passport in the world with many features such as holographic stripe, ghost image, portrait photography created with letters, and metamorphic patterns.
As a result of the international travel needs after the pandemic restrictions, there is an extraordinary increase in the demand for passports in our country as well as in the world.
Due to the deterioration of the global-scale supply chain, there are problems all over the world in the supply of chips and other materials used in passport production. According to the news in the international press; It has been observed that there are problems in obtaining passports, especially in countries such as the USA, France, Australia, England, Israel, Norway and Canada, and accordingly, the passport appointment and passport delivery times are extended, and in some countries this period exceeds six months.
2022 Million 7 Thousand Passports Issued in 1 Months of 360
Despite this crisis in the world, public (burgundy) passport requests for 30 and special (green) passports were met within a maximum of 60 days, and urgent passport requests are met urgently so that our citizens are not aggrieved. In this context, 2021 passports were issued as of the end of July 889.855, and 2022 passports were issued with an increase of 65% as of the end of July 1.360.653. However, it has been determined that 58% of the passport holders did not go abroad this year.
Validity Period of Special (Green) Passports Extended from 5 Years to 10 Years
On the other hand, the validity period of special passports (green) was extended and the validity period of green passports was increased from 5 to 10 years.
In addition, as of today, 76.842.000 identity cards, 8.811.000 passports, 17.343.000 driver's licenses, 41.000 private security identity cards and 30.000 honorary traffic inspector cards were printed by the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs and delivered to our citizens in the furthest point of our country within 3 days at the latest. .
News About Fees Do Not Reflect The Truth
As is known, the authority to determine the fees for passports, licenses and other valuable papers in our country belongs to the Ministry of Treasury and Finance. It is desired to manipulate the passport fees, which will be determined at the beginning of the year, by making exorbitant predictions by media organs such as Halk TV and Fikir 4 months in advance, and to create a density in the applications by causing our citizens to panic unnecessarily. Such news with manipulative purposes, away from seriousness and social responsibility, should not be respected.
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