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If you feel confused how to take care of e-passports or what the benefits of e-passport, then you are not alone. I also had experienced the same problem, but after googling on various information related to e-passports Indonesia then the following essential information and related short e-passport issued by the Indonesian government began in the late 2011's.

What the e-passport?

E-passport or elektronik often referred to as a passport or a biometric passport is a passport that has a biometric data stored in the form of a chip that was in the front of the passport. This chip is used to store various data biometric of the owner of the passport, ranging from facial biometric data, fingerprint biometrics and a variety of other supporting data that are safer than ordinary passports. If the e-passport is to be lost, then others will be very difficult for us to abuse or falsify passports because all the biometric data is embedded in the passport holder's passport. Data biometric e-passports in accordance with the standards issued by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and is already used in other countries such as passports Australia, USA, Malaysia, England, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, and others.

Why choose e-passport and not a regular passport?

Physically does not look the striking difference between the e-passports with ordinary passports (non-electronic) because of the passport chip on the front of course that makes it a little different passports. Even if viewed in terms of price, the e-passport is much more expensive than non-electronic passport. Costs for e-passports alone reached Rp 655,000 while the cost for ordinary passport is Rp 355,000 (cost per date of February 2, 2015). Nevertheless, there are several advantages of using e-passports than ordinary passports.

First,

the e-passport is very difficult to fake because it has a chip that stores biometric data of the owner of the passport and embedded in the passport so it is more secure than the usual non-electronic passport. This makes it very difficult for a passport forged or misused by others.

Secondly,

we do not need to stand in line again at the airport immigration checkpoint, especially in Jakarta and Bali as we can go directly to the auto-gate to scan our e-passports. So we do not need to go through the process of manual inspection of airport personnel Indonesia. For those of you who frequently travel abroad, it is shorten queues at airport immigration.

Third,

if you have an e-passport then you can visit Japan for free without having to pay for a visa to the country this cherry. You only need to register your e passport before departure to Japan. The registration process takes 2 working days.

How to take care of e-passport?

Prepare photocopies of all documents required in the passport, namely: National Identity Card, family card, the old passport if applicable, birth certificates and diplomas. For those who are married, then prepare also your marriage certificate.
You can come directly to the immigration office and perform manual registration or to register online in advance to shorten the time the passport. When yesterday I extend my passport, officials said creation of e passport this time can only be served at the immigration office in South Jakarta, Central Jakarta and several immigration offices in areas such as Surabaya.
If you perform manual registration, then you can take a queue number from 7 am to the immigration offices in Jakarta while in service hours start at 8 am.
After following the instructions, and you will receive an email with a bill from the immigration office (spri@imigrasi.go.id) which can be used for proof of payment by bank BNI. Do not forget, the cost of the e-passport is Rp. 655,000, so if you get a bill amounting to Rp 355,000 then it is a normal passport.
After you make the payment at the bank BNI (do not worry, all the tellers at the bank BNI will not be confused if you want to make a payment e-passports), then you stay keep proof of payment to continue the application process you e-passports. You stay open longer immigration email you get yesterday, then just click the link they wrote in an email to continue the application process online e-passports. After entering the bank journal number, you will be prompted to enter the date of arrival to immigration to interview, photograph and others.
After the above process is completed, you will receive an email invitation letter from immigration again and you just come to the immigration office that is designated on the day and date has been determined.
By the time you guys to the immigration office, do not use white clothing, so that the picture is not the same color as the background of our passports. For the process of interviews and photographs usually quite long queue. For example when we arrive 8.30am in South Jakarta immigration office and get a queue number 100 while the hours of interviews and photographs about 12:45 o'clock noon. The process of interviews and photo itself is only about 5-10 minutes. Given the very long wait time, do not forget to bring books or other things that make you happier waiting queues at immigration.
After the interview and photograph, then you can take your e-passport within 5 working days from the manufacturing process. So if you interview and photo Monday, then Monday next week you can only take your passport. Even then, if the week was no red dates. For making the passport queue begins at 10 and 4 pm.
To capture the passport itself only requires a short only about 10 minutes, but antrinya long time. Thank you for reading this article.
Written and posted by Bambang Sunarno. sunarnobambang86@gmail.com
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DatePublished: August 4, 2015 at 17:49