- New rules place added security on passports of foreign tourists
Travel industry officials fear new national security measures targeting foreign travelers will hurt an already struggling international tourism industry. By Oct. 1, citizens from the 27 countries that do not need a visa to travel to the United States must have a machine-readable passport to enter the country. The machine ......
- Powell Urges Congress To Endorse Delay of Biometric Passport Deadline
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has confirmed that the deadline by which visitors to the United States from visa-waiver countries must possess biometric passports will be pushed back from October 2004 to November 2006.
- The biggest obstacle to biometrics.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT BIOMETRICS HAVE EVOLVED TO A POINT WHERE THEY can reliably be used for identity verification; that is, a one-to-one match as opposed to a one-to-many match. Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTDs, envisioned as replacing the paper passport and visas of today) that the United States ......
- Identity document system.
IDENTITY DOCUMENT SYSTEM. The government signed a contract with Indusa Global, LLC, a South Carolina-based IT development and fonsulting firm, for the provision of e-passports, biometric visas, work permits and other identity documents, as well as a border control management system, it was reported Dec. 27, 2006. For the project, ......
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- Countries may not meet deadline for passports with
face recognition technology.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Countries whose citizens are allowed to travel to the US without visas will be unable to meet this year's deadline to upgrade passports with face recognition technology. Citizens from 27 countries with visa waivers were supposed to have machine-readable passports by 26 October 2004....
- E-Passports: It's What's Inside
Passports, mandatory for U.S. citizens reentering from abroad since 1915, are about to get a high-tech makeover. Starting later this year, American passports will include an embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tag in the back cover. The chip will duplicate the information printed inside the passport and contain security measures ......