New Moroccan Passports: Enhanced Security & Biometric Features
The government has adopted a draft decree paving the way for a new generation of biometric Moroccan passports. The future document will need to incorporate more advanced security standards, with a transition period for passports already in circulation.
The Council of Government approved, on Thursday, July 9, a draft decree. The objective is to enable the adoption of a new model of Moroccan passport.
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According to government spokesman Mustapha Baitas, this future passport will integrate more advanced security elements to strengthen the protection of this official document. It must also reflect Moroccan identity in its various components.
Old passports will remain valid
The text also provides for the adoption of a joint order between the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to set the terms for issuing the new passport.
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Transitional provisions will specify the effective date of the new model. Passports currently in circulation will remain valid until they are replaced by the new document.
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