Argentina Says Goodbye to Physical Entry and Exit Stamps in Passports

Earlier this month, the Argentine Minister of the Interior, Eduardo Wado de Pedro, announced that the process of physically stamping passports will stop and that the process of registering entry and exit from the country will be digitised.

By doing this, it is expected that the migration procedure can be made safer, cheaper and more agile.

Writing in a personal capacity, Forensic Document Expert Lic Monica R. Peralta looks at the reasons behind this decision and at how other countries are responding to the demands of travellers.

When examining a passport, the questions raised about its origin include the study of the security features that make it up, but particularly the detailed analysis of the variable data of its owner on the personal data page, in addition to the stamps and visas of their migratory route.