The International Standardisation committee on Biometrics Working Group 3 (ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 WG3) is seeking comments after taking the decision to promote a new draft standard.

Planet Biometrics, a sister publication of Security Document World, has joined an international coalition calling for the recognition of September 16 as International Identity Day.

India's Ministry of External Affairs is seeking new bids for its passport issuance programme, according to local media.

The new Italian national eID card, launched in major cities in 2016, is now being rolled out to the rest of the country.

Thailand's Foreign Ministry has had to cancel bidding for an ePassport contract as only one company was involved.

A new Apple patent reveals plans that could let you store your passport on your mobile phone.

The US state of Kentucky plans to create a Voluntary Travel ID license in 2019.

Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging service, launched its new ‘Passport’ feature this week, a unified identification authorization method integrated directly into the platform. 

Senior UK officials have said European travellers can no longer use its eGates following the exit from Europe.

Bangladesh and Germany on Thursday signed a government-to-government agreement on e-passport following the government’s decision to issue electronic passports alongside the machine readable passports (MRP) for the citizens of the country. 

German firm Veridos has got the job of preparing about 20 million ePassports and providing other related services for Bangladesh at a cost of around Tk 3,339 crore ($400 million), reports Bangladeshi media.

Cryptomathic’s remote qualified eSignature solution, Signer, has achieved eIDAS certification.

Ireland's Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has said a reference to processing biometric data on individuals included in its new privacy statement was an error and that public services cards do not store biometrics.

An expert’s guide to using the paper elements of a passport.

Empowering e-government by shifting to smart cards is accelerating the arrival of a new era of mobile identity and electronic documents.

Citizen ID documents such as national IDs and driver licenses will ultimately follow the trend toward mobility.