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Strengthening of the Passport Issuance Process of the Costa Rican Migration and Alien Affairs Office (DGME)
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Start Date
2007
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End Date
2007
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Project Status
Completed
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Project Type
TCMMCB
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Budget Amount (USD)
65000.00
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Coverage
National
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Year
2007
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IDF Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
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Projects ID
S61-805
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Benefiting Member States
Costa Rica
The Costa Rican Migration and Alien Affairs Office (DGME) has been making important efforts to acquire an Integrated System for Security Documents with a view to issuing safer passports and other documents, in line with the ICAO 9303 and INTERPOL regulations.
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the government efforts to strengthen the security of its travel documents, including passport issuance. The project’s specific objectives are:
• To combat alteration, falsification and duplication of passports through structural improvement of premises that allow safer conditions for documents, allowing at the same time an improved process control;
• To verify customers’ identity through counter-checking of biometric data (included in the Costa Rican ID card, which is submitted when requesting a passport); and,
• To improve customer service through structural modifications of the premises.