A classic blue United Kingdom passport is seen in this photo illustration received via Britain's Home Office, in London Britain December 22, 2017. Home Office/Crown Copyright/Handout via REUTERS/IllustrationLONDON: Britain will start re-introducing traditional blue passports next month, the interior ministry said on Saturday , replacing the burgundy European Union documents that have been in use since 1988.
Britain formally left the EU at the end of January and introduction of the new passport will be phased in from early March. From mid-2020, all new passports will be blue. The back cover will also carry its own symbolic design – the floral emblems of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.The new passport will incorporate new security features, including a super-strength polycarbonate data page. It also includes printing and design techniques to give better protection against identity theft and forgery.
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