documents, what is the advantage of an id card over a traditional passport, our correspondent, alisa boyarskikhdvantages. in what are the benefits of an id card? right now, the id card is an internal passport, which looks like a plastic card, it is not intended for traveling abroad; in order to travel abroad, you will need to issue an additional document, a biometric passport of a citizen of the republic of belarus. the id-card contains a photograph of the owner, his last name, middle name, date and place of birth, gender, citizenship, identification number and signature image. over 14 years old, in addition, on it you can see the details of the document itself, view and number, date of issue, expiration date , code of the government agency that issued it and country code. similar information, but in encrypted form, is contained in a two-dimensional barcode and an integrated circuit, making it impossible to counterfeit the card. the main capabilities of an id card are not found on the outside, but on the inside. the document allows the owner to remotely access many electronic services; simply h