EU pushes rollout of ETIAS biometric travel system to 2025
The rollout of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) is now expected to roll out in May 2025,…
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Nigeria clears 200k passport backlog, cuts issuance time to two weeks
Nigeria’s beleaguered passport issuance system is witnessing a revolution lately with a huge backlog of 204,332 passports cleared in three…
Ghana starts follow-up nationwide biometric ID card enrollment drive
The National Identification Authority of Ghana (NIA) has begun a new phase of a registration campaign for the country’s national…
Cameroon biometric visa portal down, Burkina Faso launches own platform
Cameroon’s Ministry of External Relations announced recently that the country’s digital visa portal has been inaccessible in some countries, frustrating…
General Dynamics lands $320M in visa service orders featuring biometric enrollment
The U.S. State Department has awarded $320 million in visa task orders to General Dynamics for consulates in South America….
India says chip passports coming ‘soon’ as authorities discover fakes through biometrics
Indians will soon be able to obtain their long-awaited e-passports, equipped with biometric chips compliant with the latest ICAO standards….
Pilot shows digital travel credentials’ evolution in progress
By Yunus Emre Yıldırım, Legal & Policy Intern at European Association for Biometrics Identity Week Europe 2023 was held in…
EU unveils plan for digital Schengen visas in push to ease travel document applications
Governments around the world are attempting to make it easier for people to acquire travel documents like visas and passports….
Users report hassles with Cameroon biometric visa portal
Some applicants logging onto the dedicated portal for Cameroon’s biometric visas have been reporting glitches with the system which went…
Cameroon biometric visa system now functional
Hundreds of biometric visas have already been issued by different diplomatic services of Cameroon since the online application system went…
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