The old East African passports will be replaced with new ones which will be recognized internationally. The phasing out will be done by Uganda’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The current East African Passport cannot be used as a travel document outside East Africa because it does not meet the required international standards, says Jacob Siminyu, the spokesperson of the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration.

The new East African passport would be embedded with a microchip containing all the bio-data of the owner to enable the user to travel outside East Africa.

The new passport will be launched on next Monday in Tanzania and all member countries of the East African Community will have to start phasing out the old East African passports.

Source: Travel and Tour World

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