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Are all passports machine-readable?

April 26, 2017machine-readable passports

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Are all passports machine-readable?

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Not necessarily. The majority of passports issued by the Passport Offices, which represent over 90% of all passports in circulation, are machine-readable and holders of such passports are therefore not affected by the new U.S. requirements.