Digital Passport: Finland is the first country in the world to launch digital passport. This is a digital version of the physical passport. After this, passengers will not have to visit the passport office for a hard copy of the passport. However, there is no information as to when it will be launched in India.
Digital Passport: The world is moving rapidly towards digital. After digital payment, now digital passport service is also going to start. This is happening in Finland. Finland has started the facility of digital passport for its citizens. Finland is the first country in the world to do this. Digital passport has been started to make air travel easy and safe. Along with Finland, the European Union is also promoting digital passports. The European Union wants to engage more than 80 percent of customers in 27 countries to use digital passports by 2030. However, there is no information as to when this service will start in India. Let us understand, what is a digital passport?
What is digital passport?
Digital Travel Credential (DTC) is a digital version of a physical passport. The customer can easily download it on his smartphone. It follows the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which is working on a global framework for digital travel documents. For the first time in the world, DTC is being tested in Finland. Currently, it can be used only by Finnish citizens traveling on Finnair flights between Finland and the UK.
Benefits of digital passport
Just as digital payment has become popular among every person today. Similarly, digital passport also has many benefits. You will not have to leave hours in advance for boarding at the airport. There will be no need to stand in long queues. Digital passport will help you save time. The digital version of the physical passport will also help in preventing fraud in the name of ID-proof. This will keep your information safe. Also, passengers will not have to visit the passport office for a hard copy of the passport.
How to get digital passport?
It has been issued as digital traveling documents for citizens of Finland who are traveling on Finnair flights from London, Manchester and Edinburgh. By the end of February 2024, a greater number of citizens will be able to pass through border control. Finnish citizens can obtain a digital passport by registering as a Digital Travel Credentials (DTC) consumer and use the digital passport at border control to leave or arrive in Finland.
Let us tell you that Finland has signed an agreement with Finnair, Police and airport operator Finavia to promote digital passport. Its testing has also started. If this project is successful, travelers will not need to carry physical passports in future.
