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FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION CANBERRA A.C.T.

PRESS STATEMENT BY TIlE DEPARTMENT OF II&IGRATION.

A new passport wallet now will be supplied

with all Australian passports, replacing the plastic

envelope which has been issued with soft-cover passports

since they were introduced in 1964.

The new wallet is made of plastic, coloured blue to match the passport and has two clear-plastic pockets - one to hold the passport and the other to carry an International Certificate of Vaccination.

The wallet was designed to provide a convenient means of carrying both the passport and the health certificates.

No additional charge is made for the wallet.

About 120,000 Australian passports are issued annually.

Department of Immigration, CANBEt Â±. A. C.T.

24 October 168

