Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It used to be that the jobbing journo popping over to the US could get by on a visa waiver, which is a bit of paper you fill in on the plane going over that lets them know who you are and where you're staying.
[September 12, 2003, 17:00]
RFID Passports Go Live
News The deadline for all the countries in the Visa Waiver Program to start issuing passports with RFID chips was 26 October. In July 2005, the US government announced that passports issued by Visa Waiver Program countries on or after 26 October, 2006...
[October 27, 2006, 9:30]
'Operational Issues' Force Back US Biometric Passport Deadline
News The US has established a "visa waiver" scheme for nations whose citizens are considered unlikely to pose a security threat. Under the new system, visitors would only be allowed in without a visa if they have biometric technology on their passports.
[June 18, 2004, 14:25]
Border Security
White Papers Machine-readable passports with biometric identifiers will be required for countries in the visa-waiver program, enabling immigration inspectors to compare information on a travel document with digitized codes on that same document.
[October 1, 2008, 1:21]
EU Calls For Biometric Passport Delay
News The US has set a deadline of October 2005 that requires visitors entering the country under the visa-waiver scheme to hold a passport with a recognised biometric identifier held on an electronic chip.
[April 1, 2005, 17:00]
Biometrics: Where Is The Business Case?
News October 2005 for visitors entering the country under the visa waiver scheme to hold a passport with a recognised biometric identifier held on an electronic chip. Earlier this year the European Union called on the US to delay the deadline for the...
[October 19, 2005, 17:15]
Singapore Mulls Biometric Data In Passports
News At present, Singaporeans do not need a visa to enter the US as the island-state is one of 27 countries under the US's visa waiver programme. Several Singapore government agencies have joined forces to study the feasibility of embedding fingerprints...
[July 29, 2003, 9:38]
Biometrics Beyond Borders
News On 15 June, 2005, the US Department for Homeland Security (DHS) announced that instead of issuing e-passports by 26 October 2005, Visa Waiver Programme (VWP) countries would only be required to produce passports with digital photographs.
[October 25, 2005, 10:50]
Full Biometric ID Scheme To Reach The UK 'by 2009'
News The move has been spurred on by US demands for all countries within its visa-waiver programme to have a machine readable biometric passport by October 2005. E-passports with facial biometrics along with ID cards are set to hit the UK early next...
[October 20, 2005, 17:40]
Biometric Passports Win EU Approval
News The European push for biometrics is heavily influenced by a United States policy change for passports for people from "visa waiver" countries, which include the UK. Ministers for European Union member states agreed on Tuesday to adopt biometric...
[October 28, 2004, 9:34]
MPs Praise E-passport Rollout
News By September 2006, the IPS had reached 100 percent production of the new e-passport, ahead of the deadline for staying within the US visa-waiver programme. MPs have said that the project management behind the introduction of the first electronic...
[October 11, 2007, 13:04]
US Immigration System: Bordering On The Ridiculous
Blog It's a bit like losing the counterfoil to your visa waiver form: in principle, you hand this back to the check-in staff when you fly home, but it's easy for you or them to lose it. If you've been to the US recently, you'll have encountered US-VISIT.
[February 26, 2007, 11:43]
