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WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The United States will begin issuing micro-chipped biometric passports to its diplomats in the spring, the International Herald Tribune reports.
The new passports will carry biometric identifying information in a microchip containing a digitized photograph of the passport holder's face, as well as the personal data that now appears on the document's inside pages.
The dark blue passports will look the same, although the cover will be somewhat stiffer than before, said Frank Moss, deputy assistant secretary for passport services at the State Department.
The issuance to the general public will begin in the autumn.
The State Department estimates about 7 million of the new passports will then be issued or renewed each year thereafter.
Congress authorized a $12 surcharge to the $55 fee for renewing a passport for the standard 10-year period.
At the request of the United States, most European and other governments, including Australia's, have agreed to create biometric passports.
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