A day after the Singapore passport gained an upgrade on the Passport Index to nab the top spot in the world – yet another upgrade is underway, this time in its passport design.
The new Singapore biometric passport design will feature new visa page designs as well as additional security features, said the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in a statement on Thursday (Oct 26).
The elevated security features will make the passport harder to be tampered with or forged.
Similar to the existing passport, the brand new design complies with recommendations and requirements laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICA added.
There’s also no need for Singapore citizens with existing valid passports to replace their passports as the current ones remain valid for travel.
Those whose passport applications are received by the ICA from Oct 21 onwards will be issued with passports with the new design. These passports are available for collection from Oct 30 onwards.
Members of the public can collect their passports from the ICA building between Oct 30 and Nov 15, and at selected post offices from Nov 16.
For more details on the passport with the new design, visit ICA’s website here.
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