In recent weeks the roll out of facial recognition technology passport gates at Gatwick and Manchester Airports have been hailed as an important advancement in waiting time and financial improvements.
Now comes news that London Heathrow Airport will also adopt the new electronic border gates in 2010 with stated aims being to reduce the lengthy processing [...]

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The British Home Secretary Alan Johnson has today announced that the number of passengers to have used the new face scanning technology at UK airports has reached the one million mark.
Johnson has praised the new facial recognition technology which provides for speedier passage for legitimate travelers to the UK through immigration control, which then frees [...]

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The need for migrants to register their biometric details in the UK will soon be made easier and more accessible as a new mobile biometric scheme is launched.
The UK Border Agency has unveiled the mobile service in Sheffield with the team from the Vulcan House biometrics division being the first in the country to establish [...]

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A controversial new fast-tracking service will be launched at London Heathrow Airport next year which will see passengers able to jump the immigration queue and use a fast gate for a fee of £50. The fee would be in the form of an annual subscription.
The queue jumping system is already in place to a lesser [...]

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Immigration cards in Ireland were substantially increased in price last week.  Before the change in price, an immigration ID card in Ireland cost about €100.  Now after the huge price increase cards costs about €150, a 50 per cent hike in cost.  The reason for the sudden hike in cost is that the Irish government [...]

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