German kids passports all go biometric next year

Germany is doing away with children's paper passports in favor of biometric documents with embedded electronic chips beginning next year.

The children’s passports had to be renewed annually and cost a one-time fee of €13 (approximately US$14.13) with €6 annual renewals. The electronic passport will cost €37.50 ($40.77), but it is valid for up to six years for Germans up to 25 years old, according to Google's machine translation of reporting by the news publication Focus Online.

The children’s passports …

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