Need a Passport? Put it on Your Credit Card!

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced that it will make it possible for people to pay for their passport with a credit card this year. "Starting this year, passport applicants can pay with credit cards on the Internet,'' a ministry official said. Officials went on to further explain that they could not accept credit cards thus far due to fees imposed on passport issuers.

The Korea Times reports that in 2009, credit cards will be accepted for both online and off-line applications for passports. The ministry plans to issue electronic passports, which contain the holders' fingerprints and other details, to diplomats and government officials on a trial basis in March and to the public in July.

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