Pictures show how the biometric passport will look
By Steve Ranger, 30 November 2005 13:20
The cover of the ePassport looks only slightly different.
The passports are currently being trialled and will be available to the public from February. From tomorrow (1 December) the price of a UK passport jumps £9 to £51, with the price hike reflecting the cost of implementing anti-fraud measures.
But the big difference is inside...
Photo: Home Office
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1. Antony Norris
Enhnaced background check:
Passport office: "So, Mr Bin Laden, is it just one S in Osama?"
Osama: "Yes"
Passport office: "Thank you, that's the enhanced check complete, now please smile at my Fisher Price face scanner"
2. anonymous
Passport renewal - seems like if you've four years or less to run on your passport you may as well renew it now. You'll save yourself anything between £5 and £40 quid.
3. anonymous too
Passport Office: Well, a background check shows that you have relatives in Germany and some of your family members have been linked to “undesirable” neo fascist parties in the past. A further check reveals that you spend a huge amount of your time out of the country in foreign lands, we even have evidence that you are a Muslin sympathiser (or at least Muslin tolerant); we have several pictures of you shaking hands with Arab people; walking in a Mosque (with head scarf and no shoes) and generally being friendly to none British people- all very suspicious. And despite a letter of reference from your Danish-Greek husband saying that he has known you for many years, we are sorry your Majesty, but your request for a new Passport is denied. Your biometric data will now be passed over to the Police to see if it matches any unsolved crimes.