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Document Security and Identity Management in Ukraine STRENGTHENING MIGRATION MANAGEMENT AND COOPERATION ON READMISSION IN EASTERN EUROPE (MIGRECO) DOCUMENT SECURITY AND IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN UKRAINE John Stienen, Msc. Kyiv - 2015 This Study was prepared with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of its author and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service of the Ministry of Security and Justice of the Netherlands, or the International Organization for Migration. © International Organization for Migration (IOM), Mission in Ukraine, 2015. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the express written permission of the European Union and the International Organization for Migration. Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine IOM Mission in Ukraine 101, Volodymyrska Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 01033 8, Mykhailivska Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 01001 Tel.: +38 044 390 80 10 Tel.: +38 044 568 50 15 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +38 044 568 50 16 http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/ukraine e-mail: [email protected] http://www.iom.org.ua 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................................. 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 2 APPLIED METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................... 9 2.1 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS .................................................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 EUROPEAN STANDARDS ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2.1 Technical security of passports, including biometrics ................................................................................................ 10 2.2.2 Reporting lost and stolen passports ........................................................................................................................... 11 2.2.3 Reliability of breeder documents ............................................................................................................................... 11 2.2.4 Exchange of information on false and authentic documents ..................................................................................... 12 2.2.5 Security of residence permits and visas, including biometrics ................................................................................... 12 2.2.6 Protection of personal data ........................................................................................................................................ 12 2.2.7 Population registration ............................................................................................................................................... 13 2.2.8 Minimal standards expected from Ukraine for establishment of a visa-free regime ................................................. 13 2.3 PAST STUDIES AND ANALYSES OF THE DOCUMENT SECURITY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................... 13 3 REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENT SECURITY AND IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN UKRAINE ........................................................ 15 3.1 IDENTITY MANAGEMENT FOR UKRAINIAN NATIONALS AND DOCUMENT SECURITY .............................................................................. 15 3.1.1 Legal framework and strategic initiatives ................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.1.1 Legal framework for the central population register ........................................................................................................... 15 3.1.1.2 Legal framework for identity, travel and other documents ................................................................................................. 16 3.1.1.3 The “blue” passport issued under Passport Resolution 1992 and Passport Issuance Rules 1995 ........................................ 16 3.1.1.4 The new generation of biometric travel documents of 2015 ............................................................................................... 18 3.1.2 Security of Ukrainian travel documents: fraud and its prevention ............................................................................ 18 3.1.2.1 Production ............................................................................................................................................................................ 19 3.1.2.2 Application ........................................................................................................................................................................... 19 3.1.2.3 Personalisation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 3.1.2.4 Obtainment .......................................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.1.3 Security of internal passports ..................................................................................................................................... 21 3.1.4 Certificates of civil status ............................................................................................................................................ 21 3.1.5 Population registration ............................................................................................................................................... 22 3.2 IDENTITY MANAGEMENT FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS AND STATELESS PERSONS IN UKRAINE .................................................................... 22 3.2.1 Legal framework and strategic initiatives ................................................................................................................... 22 3.2.2 Security of visas: fraud and its prevention ................................................................................................................. 23 3.2.3 Security of identity documents issued to foreigners and stateless persons and residence permits fraud and its prevention ............................................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.3 BIOMETRICS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 24 3.4 INFORMATION DATABASES AND SYSTEMS, INTERAGENCY INFORMATION SHARING .............................................................................. 24 3.5 INFORMATION SHARING WITH EXTERNAL COUNTERPARTS ............................................................................................................. 25 3.6 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND PLANNING ..................................................................................................................................... 25 3.7 PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA ............................................................................................................................................. 25 4 ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS .......................................................................................................................... 27 4.1 COMPLIANCE WITH ICAO/INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN STANDARDS, NORMS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................... 27 4.1.1 Technical security of passports, including biometrics ................................................................................................ 27 4.1.1.1 Secure production and personalisation ................................................................................................................................ 27 4.1.1.2 Security of the “blue” passport issued under Passport Resolution 1992 and Passport Regulation 1995 ............................ 28 4.1.1.3 Security of the new generation of biometric passports of 2015 .......................................................................................... 29 4.1.1.4 Biometrics............................................................................................................................................................................. 30 4.1.2 Reporting lost and stolen passports ........................................................................................................................... 31 4.1.3 Reliability of breeder documents ............................................................................................................................... 32 4.1.4 Exchange of information on false and authentic documents ....................................................................................
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