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EU border checks go biometric
News Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals for a shake-up of EU border controls. The commission says the system would use "state-of-the-art technology"... [14 Feb 2008]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News Immigration minister Liam Byrne congratulated Border and Immigration Agency officials and set out 10 milestones to strengthen border protection this year, which include introducing compulsory ID cards... [14 Jan 2008]
UK passports face massive price hike
News He said in the report: "The prospect of ePassport failures contributing to yet further delays at border controls is not an enticing one. The UK switched to ePassports in 2006 to comply with the US Visa... [09 Oct 2007]
Biometrics wing their way into Gatwick
News The Border and Immigration Agency is aiming to use biometric measures for all non-visa nationals arriving from outside the European Economic Area by 2011. The project is part of an overhaul of the UK's... [09 Oct 2007]
Biometric border checks come into force
News The Home Office said the new powers provided through the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act will improve security and are needed to support the rollout of finger-printing for visa applicants by 2008. [01 Sep 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Sepa
Cheat Sheet The EC decided that cross-border payments should cost no more than domestic payments and in 2002 the European Payments Council (a group of banks) sketched plans for how this would be done. Sepa is probably going to be... [14 Feb 2006]
US push for more internal anti-terror data sharing
News By the end of the year, the US government plans to begin issuing only passports with embedded computer chips - a move it says will deter forgers and imposters and reduce waiting times at border entry points - even as... [18 Jan 2006]
Bidding begins for £400m e-Borders system
News The contract is for the design, development, implementation, support and operation of the IT systems that will link border control authorities in the UK and abroad to travel industry systems. People deemed to pose a... [04 Oct 2005]
US fires up RFID immigration border trial
News The chips are embedded in Customs and Border Protection Form I-94A, which the government issues at all ports of entry to chart the departure and arrival of certain foreign visitors - typically those with non-immigrant... [09 Aug 2005]
Bomber manhunt to force e-border check review
News Concerns over border security following the manhunt for the London bombing suspects could lead to proposals for a new computer-based checking system being rushed in. It will also enable authorities to... [01 Aug 2005]
US trials RFID tags to track land border crossings
News The US is to begin trials of RFID-chipped visa documents next month to remotely record vehicles and foot passengers entering and leaving the country at land border crossing points. If it is successful... [11 Jul 2005]
HP scoops €37.5m EC pay-day
News The SIS represents the largest border control and police information network in the world and the VIS runs all visa management for the 'Schengen' area. The Schengen visa was brought in... [29 Apr 2005]
UK border control systems get IT revamp
News The government is planning to revamp the IT systems which underpin UK border control operations. The Immigration and Nationality Directorate at the Home Office is looking for a supplier to support and maintain the system... [20 Apr 2005]
Singapore pushes biometric uptake
News Besides passports, Singaporean authorities have also deployed another biometric system called "Sentinel" at its border checkpoints which links the republic to the neighbouring Malaysian state of Johor. [31 Mar 2005]
ID card and biometric passport roadmap updated
News We believe that issuing passports that contain a biometric chip containing facial image and biographical data will render the document more secure against forgery while facilitating more robust border controls," the UKPS... [29 Mar 2005]
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