Tanzania selects HID’s ID solutions
for e-Visa and e-Permit services
ID Global, a worldwide leader
in trusted identity solutions, has
announced that the Government
of Tanzania has selected HID’s citizen
ID solutions to add e-Visa and e-Permit
capabilities to its e-Passport, which HID
helped deploy last year as part of the
Tanzania e-Immigration program. Dr Anna Peter Makakala, Tanzania’s
Commissioner General of Immigration.
“We plan to continue expanding
this solution to our country’s border
crossings and across the broader global
community as we become a showcase
for efficient, comprehensive and
integrated e-Immigration solutions.”
The new web-based visa and residence
permit services allow visitors and
residents to apply for and receive
validated credentials for travelling or
living in the country. Rob Haslam, Vice President of Sales,
Citizen ID business with HID Global,
added: “We are pleased to be entering
this second deployment phase with the
Government of Tanzania, building on the
success of the country’s e-Passport roll-
out last year.
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“This is an important milestone as we
continue to work with HID Global to
enhance and broaden the capabilities
of our e-Immigration ecosystem,” said
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“Immigration officers in Tanzania now
have a convenient and efficient toolset for
completing their vital mission of vetting
and granting electronic visa and residence
permit credentials to applicants.”
Since early 2018, HID Global has
been Tanzania’s primary supplier of
an end-to-end solution for issuing
e-Passports with advanced physical and
electronic security features, automated
verification capabilities and a tamper-
proof contactless chip embedded in a
polycarbonate datapage.
The country now has a single citizen
identification system that spans the
entire identity journey from data capture
to issuance and can be used to support
e-Passports, e-Visas, e-Permits and
other physical electronic documents. u
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