passports: archival copies?

[timo]

When an Italian passport was issued in the early years of the 20th century, was it standard practice for a facsimile copy to be written out, which would be kept in the archives as a permanent record?

[johnnyonthespot]

The information here http://www.cimorelli.com/pie/faq/pfaq_b37.htm may be helpful.

[timo]

Thanks for that resource.