Originally Posted by
Seat13F_AC_CRJ
Case in point: Sweden made the switch from 10 yrs to 5 yrs when they introduced e-ppts in the fall of 2005.
Indeed, so did Finland. With Biometrics! So - if these biometrics are purported to make passports more secure and much more difficult to forge, then why did the validity shorten? Wasn't that the reason from CBSA that our passports must remain valid for short times?
I doubt we'll ever see 10 year passports; and I also similarly doubt that the USA will shorten their passport validity without serious anger from the populace (and/or without a significant price reduction). I've filed my hope for "$90 every 10 years rather than 5" under 'hopeless dreams'.
I like YVR Cockroach's take on the matter.
Originally Posted by
YOWkid
You're assuming that every Canadian possesses/gets a ppt. This is certainly not true.
Same with all other countries.
Was this comment aimed at me? I never assumed anything. I was replying to the statement that the USA issues 13 million passports per year; the numbers I showed simply compared various country populations and passport validity - countries Canada's size or smaller still have 10-year passports.