Rwanda on Tuesday, May 25 extended the deadline for phasing out old passports by one year. The country is phasing out the old passports and replacing them with the biometric East African e-passports.

The phase-out of Rwandan passports has been pushed from June 27, 2021 to June 27, 2022, according to a communique issued by the Rwanda Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration.

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