Rwandan passports will expire June 28, 2021 according to the Directorate of Immigration and Emigration following adoption of the East African e-passport in June last year.
All passports issued before June 27, 2019, will be phased out, and replaced by the Rwanda East African electronic passport.
ANNOUNCEMENT: @Rwandamigration wishes to remind all Rwandans that old Rwandan passports issued before 27/06/2019 shall be phased out with effect from 28/06/2021.#RwOT pic.twitter.com/RjppnIQfMT
— Immigration | Rwanda (@Rwandamigration) August 13, 2020
The East African Passport, is an initiative by the East Africa Community signed at the EAC Heads of State summit in December 2016.
Among the member states, Kenya was the first country to roll out the new passport in September 2017. Currently, it has extended the deadline to travel on the new second-generation e-passport to March 2021.
The new generation passport was launched on August 31, 2018 replacing the readable East African and ordinary passport in accordance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) specifications.
It also has enhanced security features embedded in an electronic chip to minimize fraud, identity theft, forgery and passport skimming.
