Algeria: Delivery of biometric passports put off until November 2011

The Algerian foreign ministry has announced that the first biometric passports issued by the relevant administrative authorities in Algeria will be delivered to citizens as from November 24th 2011 in the wake of a positive reply to an Algerian request from the International civil aviation organization.

• This international civil aviation body had earlier requested from Algeria the delivery of biometric passport starting from November 24^th of this year.
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• But owing to a number of pending administrative constraints, the relevant Algerian authorities requested from the International civil aviation organization a delay by one year in  the delivery of such biometric passports in order to avert any lapses or drifts in such an operation.
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• The Interior Minister Dahou Ould Kablia who announced the postponement also said that the “classical” passports in Algeria would be valid up to 2015 before their total withdrawal.
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