Gemalto delivers biometric passport solution to East Timor
Gemalto has partnered with the East Timor government to start issuing biometric passports to its citizens. Gemalto’s end-to-end solution includes…
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Vision-Box implements biometric border control solution at Jakarta airport
Working with the Indonesian immigration authority, Vision-Box has installed an advanced biometric automated border control infrastructure system at Soerkarno-Hatta International…
DHS says 629k visitors overstayed visas in 2016 due to lack of biometric exit system
The Department of Homeland Security released a report that estimated that 629,000 visitors to the United States — which represents…
Border biometrics a work in progress, former FBI executive says
Finding the right mix of biometrics to best secure America’s southern border is a work in progress, according to KeyLogic…
African cross-border and regional identity management schemes reach distribution stage
The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently introduced its new fingerprint-embedded Laissez-Passer document at ID4Africa 2017 in Windhoek, Namibia. The travel…
DHS investing in biometrics data storage to enhance customs enforcement
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is deploying biometrics data storage and surveillance to improve customs enforcement and make it…
Australia to process 90% of incoming passengers based on biometrics by 2020
Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has launched a tender for companies to submit technology solutions that will…
CBP says it may extend airport face recognition to US citizens
The US government has rolled out a new plan led by Customs and Border Protection that could make facial recognition…
DHS inundated with bids to build facial-recognition drones
After being flooded with submissions, the Department of Homeland Security has stopped accepting proposals more than two months before its…
Biometrics technology more cost-effective than a border wall
The use of biometric identification technologies could not only help to strengthen immigration security, but also to navigate the turbulent…
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