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Passport and identity-card production

In operation Status as of 6 May 2025 · Funding type: Not published

RvIG identifies IDEMIA (ID&D) as its document supplier and records contract expiry in 2029 1. The new passport model had a production defect affecting tactile features. Official records describe identifying affected holders and checking documents 3. In May 2025 the minister reported a correction to the production process and removal of faulty stock 2. Counts refer to different document groups and returned documents, not one reconciled total. The opened records do not provide the signed procurement instrument, contract value or a final independent assessment of all corrective measures.

Key terms

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Buyer
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, RvIG 1
Vendor
IDEMIA (ID&D)
Vendor based in
Not confirmed
Signed
Not published
Duration
RvIG's November 2024 plan says existing contracts expire in 2029 1
Value
Not published
Funding
Not published
Procurement route
Not published
System ownership
Not published
Data terms
The Interior Minister controls the biographic travel-document register. In May 2025, government described planned migration of biometrics to a government data centre, with separate compartments and continued responsibility of each issuing authority. This is programme policy, not supplier contract wording 2

Timeline

  1. 29 October 2024: A RvIG authorisation decision recorded missing tactile features in 623 refugee or foreign-national travel documents and authorised identifying affected holders. It was an administrative response, not a judicial liability ruling 3.
  2. 6 May 2025: Answering MPs, the minister said the production cause had been fixed, blank stock checked and defective stock destroyed. Supplier mitigation was reported and 166 passports had been returned. This is a ministerial account, not independent audit clearance 2.
  3. 6 May 2025: Recorded status is In operation.

Sources

  1. RvIG: Annual plan 2025, page 9 (11 November 2024)
  2. Netherlands Parliament: Written consultation 25764-152 (6 May 2025, published 14 May 2025)
  3. RvIG: Authorisation for travel-document holder selection, page 8 (29 October 2024)

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