In some Russian regions, the issuance of biometric passports has been resumed, as TourDom.ru reports with reference to subscribers.
“In mid-January, they submitted an application in St. Petersburg, they already invited me for a ready one.” “Already received in Voronezh on February 25th. Documents were handed over after the January holidays. Such messages are left by subscribers. The issuance of biometric passports has resumed, in particular, in Moscow, Novosibirsk, Vladikavkaz, Tyumen and Yekaterinburg.
Applications for biometric foreign passports were stopped on February 2. Then there was information that the Mikron plant could not cope with the demand for the necessary chips.
Now, those who applied in December last year, as well as at the beginning of 2023, began to receive documents. Paperwork took at least a month more time.
So far, the Gosuslugi portal is still not accepting new applications for biometric passports.
