Ministry to review fees for biometric passports

By Huang Ching-hsuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has pledged to review biometric passport fees after a report by the National Audit Office found that they were lower than the cost of issuing one.The standard fees for domestic applications for electronic passports are NT$1,300 for people aged 14 or older, and NT$900 for those younger than 14, the report said.The standard fees for applying for a passport via overseas missions are US$45 for people 14 or older, and US$31 for those under 14, it said, adding that a traditional passport costs US$10. Republic of China passports are pictured in an undated photograph. Photo: Taipei Times The Bureau of Consular Affairs estimated that last year, the cost of producing and