Since December 28, 2021, the electronic passport service can be accessed by the wider community at more immigration offices. Based on the Decree of the Director-General of Immigration Number IMI-0278.GR.01.01 of 2021, it is recorded that 52 Immigration Offices have provided electronic passport services.
“That’s right. There is an increasing number of immigration offices that can issue electronic passports. Previously only 35. Now there are 52 immigration offices. The purpose of this service expansion is to create a more secure travel document service,” said the Immigration Public Relations Sub-Coordinator, Achmad Nur Saleh.
In principle, ordinary passports and electronic passports have the same function, namely as proof of identity that is valid internationally and can be used to travel. The difference lies in the completeness of the data and the level of accuracy. Ordinary passports only contain personal data and photos of the passport holder. However, electronic passports contain more complete data, namely facial biometric data and fingerprints of the holder. This data is stored on the chip and can be scanned. With the biometric data on the chip, electronic passports are more difficult to fake.
The following is the latest list of 52 Immigration Offices issuing electronic passports:
1. Class I Immigration Offices for TPI Batam;
2. Class I Immigration Office for TPI Medan;
3. Class I Immigration Office for TPI Ngurah Rai;
4. Class I Immigration Office for TPI Soekarno Hatta;
5. Class I Immigration Office for TPI Surabaya;
6. Class I Immigration Office for Non-TPI, West Jakarta;
7. Class I Immigration Office for Non-TPI, South Jakarta;
8. Immigration Office Class I TPI Balikpapan;
9. Immigration Office Class I TPI Banda Aceh;
10. TPI Padang Class I Immigration Office;
11. TPI Jambi Class I Immigration Office;
12. TPI Bengkulu Class I Immigration Office;
13. Class I Immigration Office TPI Bandar Lampung;
14. Class I Immigration Office of TPI Pangkal Pinang;
15. Class I Immigration Office TPI Bandung;
16. Class I Immigration Office TPI Denpasar;
17. Class I Immigration Office TPI East Jakarta;
18. Immigration Office Class I TPI North Jakarta;
19. TPI Makassar Class I Immigration Office;
20. Class I Immigration Office TPI Malang;
21. Class I Immigration Office TPI Manado;
22. TPI Mataram Class I Immigration Office;
23. Class I Immigration Office TPI Kupang;
24. Class I Immigration Office TPI Banjarmasin;
25. Immigration Office Class I TPI Palembang;
26. TPI Pekanbaru Class I Immigration Office;
27. Class I Immigration Office TPI Polonia;
28. Immigration Office Class I TPI Pontianak;
29. Class I Immigration Office TPI Palu;
30. Class I Immigration Office TPI Kendari;
31. Class I Immigration Office TPI Gorontalo;
32. TPI Ambon Class I Immigration Office;
33. Class I Immigration Office TPI Semarang;
34. TPI Surakarta Class I Immigration Office;
35. TPI Tanjung Perak Class I Immigration Office;
36. TPI Tanjung Priok Class I Immigration Office;
37. Class I Immigration Office TPI Ternate;
38. Class I Immigration Office TPI Yogyakarta;
39. TPI Jayapura Class I Immigration Office;
40. Class I Immigration Office Non-TPI Bogor;
41. Immigration Office Class I Non-TPI Central Jakarta;
42. Immigration Office Class I Non TPI Palangka Raya;
43. Class I Immigration Office Non-TPI Tangerang;
44. Immigration Office Class I Non-TPI Bekasi;
45. Immigration Office Class II Non-TPI Depok;
46. Mamuju Class II Immigration Office;
47. Class II Immigration Office TPI Timika;
48. Immigration Office Class II TPI Manokwari;
49. TPI Tanjung Pinang Class I Immigration Office;
50. Class I Immigration Office TPI Samarinda;
51. Class I Immigration Office TPI Serang;
52. Class II Immigration Office TPI Bitung.
Source: Imigrasi.go.id