The Telegram channel “Banks, money, two offshores” reported that in Russia, from January 20, they temporarily stopped issuing a passport for 10 years. So far, the State Services draw up a “foreign” visa for 5 years.
It is noted that the problem with the issuance of a new type of passport has been observed since last year and not only in Russia.
Officially, then it is not known exactly why this situation arose. However, it was found that the problem was the lack of production capacity to create chips. The issue was resolved within a few days. It seems that in this case the situation is similar.
On August 26, 2022, the Russian embassies suspended the acceptance of applications for the issuance of international passports valid for 10 years at an affordable price – “due to the appointment of reformatting the carrier,” the Consular Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry reports. [Forbes Russia]
Source: Iphones RU
