More than 800 thousand Belarusians will get ID cards this year. It is a small plastic card that will bear a photograph and provide basic personal information on the owner. All other date will be linked to the card online. It will be possible to read it using a special terminal. Another document that Belarusians will be able to receive this year is a biometric passport. It will be needed for traveling abroad. From three hundred to five hundred new passports will be issued per year.