TIRANA, January 14/ATA/ All Albanian citizens living abroad will obtain their biometric passports within a shorter deadline and easier procedures.
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Igli Hasani, Minister of Interior Ervin Hoxha and General Administrator of the “IdentiTek” Co. Freskida Halilaj signed today the cooperation agreement “On providing Albanian citizens with biometric documents, in the Representative Offices of the Republic of Albania”.
The agreement means that every Albanian citizen living outside the country will no longer need 30 days to be provided with a passport, but this time is reduced by 15 days.
Hasani stated that thanks to this agreement, the required time for providing biometric documents will be reduced by 50%.
Appreciating this agreement as another advancement in improving services for Albanian citizens living and working abroad, Hasani stated that, “The reduction of the time for obtaining a passport from 30 days to 15 days is evidence of the concrete steps taken to modernize and simplify the procedures for such important services for Albanian citizens wherever they are, which remain the priority and focus of the work of the consular service of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs”.
On his part, Minister of Interior Ervin Hoxha stated that, “Here, there is applied a new standard of all technology. For the first time we organize the Diaspora elections”, said Hoxha.
While Director of the Identitek company Freskida Halilaj stated that, “This innovation essentially has the electronic signature”.
“This innovation is essentially a technical development, for which we have been very focused and committed and comes in context of all efforts to digitalize the services that Identitek offers”, she said. /j.p/p.s./
