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 painting, portrait photography created with letters, and metamorphic patterns. As a result of the international travel needs created after the pandemic restrictions, extraordinary increases were seen in the demand for passports in our country as well as in the world. There were problems all over the world in the supply of jeeps and other materials used.
THE WORLD HAS A PASSPORT PROBLEM
According to the news in the international press; It was observed that there were 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 were extended, and in some countries this period was six months.
58 PERCENT OF PASSPORT RESIDENTS DID NOT EXPORT ABROAD
Despite this crisis in the world, general (burgundy) passport requests for 30 and special (green) passports were met within a maximum of 60 days, and urgent passport requests were met immediately so that citizens would not be aggrieved. In this context, 889 thousand 855 passports were issued as of the end of July 2021, and 1 million 360 thousand 653 passports were issued with an increase of 65% as of the end of July 2022. It was determined that 58 percent of those who received passports this year did not go abroad.
GREEN PASSPORT EXTENDED
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, the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs issued 76 million 842 thousand identity cards, 8 million 811 thousand passports, 17 million 343 thousand driver’s licenses, 41 thousand private security identity cards and 30 thousand honorary traffic inspector cards, providing the citizens at the furthest point of our country at the latest. It was delivered within 3 days.
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