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Passport of the Citizen of Ukraine ( Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language code: ua (help))
2016 series
Type	Identity card
Issued by	Ukraine
First issued	2016
Purpose	Proof of identity
Valid in	Ukraine
Eligibility	Ukrainian citizen
Expiration	10 years

The Ukrainian identity card or 'Passport of the Citizen of Ukraine' (also known as the Internal Passport) is an identity document issued to citizens of Ukraine. Every Ukrainian citizen aged 16 years or older residing permanently in Ukraine must have an identity card issued by their local office of the State Migration Service of Ukraine.

Citizens are required to obtain the passport at the age of 16 and be in possession of it all of their life.

History of identity cards in Ukraine

Ukraine first planned to introduce ID cards in 2004 during the presidency of Leonid Kuchma, with the start of production planned to coincide with the launch of a new Unified State Demographic Register. These cards were designed to contain a contactless chip - a design element which led to unease in certain sections of society. The planned introduction of both elements of this plan was cancelled by the newly-elected President Viktor Yuschenko on March 10, 2005.

Later in 2005 the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine initiated a programme to introduce plastic ID cards which would have held tax and pensions data on an integrated electronic chip. This plan was later dropped after being criticised for having a lax approach to the security of personal data by ordinary citizens and the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. Similar plans were resurrected again in 2008, but were postponed to the future.

On September 23, 2011 The Ukrainian Parliament voted to replace domestic passports with ID cards (Ukrainian: Паспортна картка ). The law provided for the new form of ID to be issued from January 1, 2012. However, the bill was vetoed by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on grounds of supposed failings in providing adequate personal data safeguards.

After numerous delays, the bill for the creation of the Unified State Demographic Register was passed and signed into law on 29 November 2012. This paved the way for the introduction of biometric passports for foreign travel and the replacement of internal passports with ID cards.

On July 10, 2015, the Ukrainian government announced that internal passports would be abolished and replaced with ID cards, starting from January 1, 2016. The first ID cards were issued to first-time applicants on January 11, 2016.

Previous internal passport

From 1992 until 2016 Ukrainian internal passports were only produced and issued in the form of a traditional passport booklet. Regardless of the move to the new ID card format from 2016, all 1992 series passports currently remain valid. These passports continue to be issued by offices of the State Migration Service which have not yet been provided with equipment for recording individuals' biometric data.

1992 series passports had a dark blue cover and contained 16 pages. All information in the passport is recorded in the Ukrainian language, except for the holder's name, date and place of birth, and issuing authority, which are given both in Ukrainian and Russian.

The information contained within the passport included the holder's:

Surname
Forename(s)
Patronymic name
Date and place of birth
A photograph and signature of the holder
Name of the person's spouse (if married)
Names of any dependent children (younger than 16 years)
Eligibility for military service
Registered address

1992 series passports do not have an expiration date; they remain valid throughout the holder's life. Despite this, additional photographs need to be added at the age of 25 and 45. It is also expected that any changes in marital status, eligibility for military service, and registered place of residence are subsequently recorded in the passport.

A new passport can be obtained if there is a change in holder's name, most commonly due to marriage. New passports are also issued in cases when the original passport has been subject to significant wear or tear, or has been lost or stolen.

The domestic passport is of no use outside of Ukraine, except for travel to Belarus. For international travel Ukrainians can obtain so-called "abroad" passport.

History of identity cards in Ukraine

Previous internal passport

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