Dutch passports valid for 10 years, except for kids

Dutch passports are to be valid for 10 years rather than five, and fingerprints will no longer be taken for inclusion, the cabinet agreed on Friday, Nos television reports.


However, the passports for children under the age of 18 will still only be valid for five years, because their faces change so much, the cabinet said.

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