According to Interior Affairs Ministry of Uzbekistan, currently Interior Affairs Department of Mirzo Ulugbek and Yunusabad regions of Tashkent city are issuing new passports. The departments are issuing biometric passports to 50 people in average a day.

Uzbekistan will introduce three types of documents with electronic carriers. They are diplomatic passports, which will be issued by divisions of Uzbekistan Foreign Affairs Ministry, and citizens, issued by the Uzbekistan Interior Ministry. Uzbekistan will also issue special travel documents for people without citizenship, who has permanent registration or residence permit in territory of the country.

Soon, it is planned that other territorial divisions of the Department of entry, exit and registration of citizenship of the Interior Affairs Ministry of Uzbekistan will start registering and issuing passports of new example.

Biometric passports are introduced in line with the presidential decree “On measures of improving passport system of Uzbekistan”.

In line with the decree, Uzbekistan will fully transfer to biometric system of passportization by the end of 2015.

Introduction of passports will be carried out in two stages. In the first stage in 2011, the passports will be issued to servants of ministries and departments, as well as citizens, travelling abroad. At the same time, citizens, who apply to bodies on entry, departure and registration of citizenship to change passport and those who reached definite age. In the second stage (2012-2015), new biometric passports can receive all citizens of Uzbekistan in established order.