
Originally Posted by
srbogoy
The current, green passports can indeed be used until its validity date but the risk is that by 2010, some countries have the prerogative not to accept it anymore as a valid travel document.
Take note that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) require all member states to issue machine readable passports no later than April 2010. This means that after April 2010, other countries can decide not to accept into their borders any foreigner who holds a passport that is not machine readable.