The Thai passport is accepted worldwide, and has not been rejected by some countries as reported by media, the ministry said on Sunday. The ministry used a “price performance strategy” in the auction-bidding for the new e-passport production, the ministry said in a statement. The Foreign Ministry also said they have always focused on the security qualities of passports, especially for the new e-passports. The ministry said it had not downgraded the new passports but merely combined new technologies and existing technologies in order to create the new pattern for passports. The ministry announced in May this year that DGM Consortium Co had won the Bt7.4 billion e-bid to produce 15 million copies of Thai passport over seven years.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 01, 2019 05:03 UTC