voice biometrics visa in news

Biometrics cuts days off UK visa processing

News The system speeds up the process by checking a visa applicant's ID and biometrics against a database held in the UK. UKvisas, the UK's visa checking agency, said it has cut the time... [05 Mar 2008]

EU border checks go biometric

News Biometric data would be submitted by travellers from outside the EU when applying for a visa, while those not needing a permit would be checked on arrival. The system would alert authorities if the person was recorded as... [14 Feb 2008]

FBI proposes global biometric criminal database

News The announcement of the server in the sky proposals follows the news earlier this week that the UK has completed a system to check the fingerprints of every visa applicant. UK police are in talks with the FBI about an... [15 Jan 2008]

Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas

News The fingerprint database contains the records of more than one million previous visa applicants.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics The system will cover 133 countries, three-quarters of the world's... [14 Jan 2008]

Top 10 government IT stories of the year

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 cost of a passport was predicted to increase substantially... [19 Dec 2007]

UK passports face massive price hike

News The UK switched to ePassports in 2006 to comply with the US Visa Waiver Programme. To meet the US Visa Waiver deadline the UK's Identity and Passport Service was forced to accept a manufacturer's... [10 Oct 2007]

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