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UK increases biometric enrollment facilities

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

The UK Border Agency has announced the opening of 17 new biometric enrollment facilities at post offices for its program where foreign nationals submit biometric information to receive ID cards, according to a TMC Net article. The samples required from the migrants for the ID application include fingerprints and a digital photograph.


The new facilities located in the post offices offers more than twice the options migrants previously had when the only option for applications was to visit one of the 11 Home Office centers. Although the application process for the program that is setup to curb illegal immigration and working in the UK is designed for walk-ins rather than appointments, it is only open to those who have received an invitation to the program.

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In an effort to streamline passenger security, Jakarta, Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport has opened the country’s first biometric immigration gate.

Fingerprint biometric identification provider BIO-key International, Inc. and Oakwell Engineering Limited partnered to create the new gate, designed for use by passengers with electronic passports. Passengers submit their e-passports and authenticate with a fingerprint.

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Smart ID announced it will unveil its new biometric enrollment kit designed for the international marketplace at CARTES & Identification 2011 at the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre in France.

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With many states requiring voter ID cards, and if you’re a student, proof of enrollment, some colleges are offering students free cards that will enable them to vote.

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Biometric technology expedites lunch lines

By Ross Mathis, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications

The Pinellas County School Board District in Clearwater, Fla. has paired up with technology provider Fujitsu Frontech North America to provide a reliable and secure method of handling school food service program transactions.

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The Nepalese Election Commission (EC) has completed nearly all its biometric voter registration as all but one district and just shy of 10 million citizens have been enrolled, according to a My Republica article.

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Lumidigm announced a partnership with Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited to bring a criminal identity solution that utilizes iris recognition and will also offer fingerprint recognition sensors from Lumidigm.

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