Volgograd residents told about changes in passports from 2027
From January 1, 2027, the document form will change in Russian passports. It will no longer use the columns “Personal code” and “Account”, reported in the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia.
These fields are recognized as irrelevant in the modern legal space and will be excluded from the form of a foreign passport.
In addition, the machine-readable zone of the document will change. Adjustments were made in accordance with international standards established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
In particular, two letters will be used to indicate the type of document instead of one Latin letter. For a passport of a citizen of Russia, the designation PP is provided, for a diplomatic passport - PD, for a service passport - PO. Previously, P, D and S were used respectively.
The changes are enshrined in a government decree. The document will enter into force on January 1, 2027.
