Cabinet Backs Bill on Mandatory Replacement of Paper Passports with ID Cards
New passports will only be issued as plastic cards.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has backed a bill on replacing paper passports with ID cards. This is reported on the official website of the Cabinet.
The proposed bill states that when a new photo needs to be glued into a paper passport, the passport will be replaced with a plastic card. Those receiving a passport for the first time will immediately be issued an ID card.
At present, holders of paper passports must have new photos glued in twice: at age 25 and at age 45. Ukrainian citizens who have already reached the age of 45 can exchange their paper passport for an ID card now.
In 2018, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a resolution on issuing passports to Ukrainian citizens only in the form of ID cards. Plastic cards have been issued instead of paper passports since 2016.
In early April, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine launched the Diia app, which also contains a digital version of the passport.
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