Tanzanian passport

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Tanzanian Ordinary e-Passport
Type	Passport
Issued by	Tanzania
First issued	December 2020 (biometric passport)
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Tanzanian citizenship
Expiration	10 years from date of issuance

The Tanzanian passport is issued to citizens of the United Republic of Tanzania for international travel. The Immigration Department is responsible for the issuance of Passports for the purpose of international travel.

The Immigration Department falls under the Tanzanian Ministry of Home Affairs (In Kiswahili: Wizara ya Mambo ya Ndani ya Nchi). This passport is issued only to the citizens of Tanzania. There are three types of Passports, which are Ordinary, Service and Diplomatic.

As of January 2018, Tanzania began issuing the new East African format ePassport, in line with the East African Community integration plans.

Features of the Tanzanian ePassport;;

• –Electronic chip holding the same information as the old model passport
• –Enhanced Security features.
• –Biometric identifier
• –Digital photograph of the passport holder

The new ePassport is issued under different colours for Ordinary (navy blue), Diplomatic (red) and Service (green). The new ePassport has been made available to all Tanzanians seeking passports for international travel from January 2018.

The old ordinary passport was in use until January 2020 when it was officially retired.