ePassport: Electronic Travel Document

electronic travel document: With the launch of a new 10-year passport on Tuesday , Canada also joined over 100 other countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, to issue an electronic travel document embedded with a chip that stores personal information, the persons photo and a digital security feature to prevent fraud, according to The Star. The new, 10-year ePassport provides more convenience for Canadians, and facilitates safe, secure travel which, in turn, helps create jobs, growth and long-term prosperity for Canadians, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said in an announcement Tuesday and Canadians wont have to go through the hassles of renewing their passports every five years again. Resembling a regular passport, the information on the e-chip cannot be read unless the passport is held within 10 centimetres of an ePassport readable zone, and allows the machine to verify the country-specific signature a system created by the International Civil Aviation Organization to determine a passports authenticity. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.