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RSS visas in newsVirgin Blue uses Runway to contact Aussie border control
News The Runway system provides an interface with the Australian government system to verify visas and passports in real time. Aussie airline Virgin Blue is to use Runway middleware to make contact with Australian security... [14 Apr 2004]
Asylum-seeker biometric fingerprinting extended
News From March, those applying for visas to come to the UK from Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda will be required to provide a record of their fingerprints when applying for a visa and will have their travel... [21 Jan 2004]
Want to visit the US? Now you have to show your biometrics...
News It's far more likely, however, that the system will be more successful in tracking more everyday wanted criminals or those with fraudulent or out of date visas. Travellers to the US will now be subject to a biometric... [06 Jan 2004]
Give me some skin: Biometrics get thumbs up
News This week the implementation of the US-VISIT initiative has hogged the headlines, with Europeans holding visas for entry to the US now controversially required to have photographic and fingerprint records kept by the US... [06 Jan 2004]
US and Europe get chummy over high-tech passport
News Despite plans already on the table in the EU to include biometrics in visas and residence permits, the US is keen to see biometric elements introduced into passports, including fingerprints or facial recognition. [30 Oct 2003]
EU demands biometrics by 2005
News Facial biometric data is set to be included on visas and residency permits for non-EU foreign nationals as part of two new proposals from the European Commission to the European Council and Parliament. [03 Oct 2003]
Biometric passport trial on the cards
News Separately, the government announced plans to extend a biometric scheme for people applying for visas to the UK to tackle immigration and asylum abuse. The US is already introducing a requirement for all... [27 Aug 2003]
Ex-Sun worker sues for age and race discrimination
News The case is likely to fuel the fire over H-1B visas, which allow skilled workers into the US for up to six years. Some tech workers have long questioned the need for such visas, claiming skilled... [19 Mar 2003]
Landmark copyright case begins
News Following a dispute over Visas with US immigration, it is believed Russian Sklyarov will now testify in the case. The first outing for the much-maligned Digital Millennium Copyright Act has begun in the US with the trial... [03 Dec 2002]
Fast track visas fail to ease IT skills shortage
News The 300 or so visas also include citizens allowed in as doctors and scientists. Official figures from the Home Office out today show that just 338 foreign citizens have immigrated under the government's high-skilled... [24 Jun 2002]
Indian outsourcers look for outsourcers
News Overseas workers snap up 20,000 Fast Track Visas http://www.silicon.com/a51533 Indian software firms are making preparations to protect client's data in case war breaks out with Pakistan. As the threat of a nuclear... [07 Jun 2002]
IT dominates '100 fastest growers' index
News Indian IT workers get green light on visas http://www.silicon.com/a48846 Nine out of ten of the UK's fastest growing technology companies are IT firms, according to the latest Sunday Times league table. [12 Nov 2001]
CeBIT update: German Chancellor pours scorn on dot-doomongers
News Meanwhile, Schröder had some practical news regarding the IT skills crisis, announcing that the existing five-year period for green card working visas will be put up for discussion. Chancellor Schröder said he believes... [23 Mar 2001]
The Agenda Setters: Bush's advisor calls for more visas and more tech exports
News More IT visas for foreigners and fewer restrictions on IT exports will feature strongly in George W. Tom Engibous, chief executive of Texas Instruments and technology advisor to the man tipped to win today's Republican... [03 Aug 2000]
UK to mediate US and EU e-battles, says Hewitt
News She said a number of schemes will be piloted, including allowing companies to certify staff themselves, allowing qualified individuals to apply for certification without having secured employment first and handing out 'seasonal'... [23 Mar 2000]
