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More US visa biometrics and increased surveillance by Trump

22:48 04/09/2020
Comments by Sanwar Ali : Is there actually any good reason for increased biometrics for US citizenship applications? Increasingly cameras are linked to biometric recognition systems. “ Big Brother ”...

Proof of UK immigration status affected by e-passport gates

20:51 15/08/2020
Comments by Sanwar Ali : Especially after the Windrush scandal there must be a great deal of concern about record keeping by the Home Office. Can we really trust UK Visas and Immigration to behave...

Immigrants applying from overseas need Biometric Residence Permits

12:23 30/04/2015
Biometric residence permits have been a requirement for non EU/EEA nationals applying for UK visas from within the UK since November 2008. It is now a requirement for non EEA nationals applying for a...

Canada to require biometric data with some visa applications from 2013

11:18 14/12/2012
Jason Kenney, the Canadian Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, has announced that Canada will soon require people from 29 countries and from the Palestinian Territory to...

Biometric permits now mandatory for all staying in UK for 6 months or more

10:34 10/12/2012
From 1st December 2012, anyone granted permission to stay in the UK for over six months must apply for a biometric residence permit. These new requirements will, the UKBA says, enable 'employers and...

UKBA to close biometric clinics on Borneo until 2013

11:40 13/09/2012
The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA), one of the UK's immigration authorities, which has responsibility for visa applications made overseas, has said that it is to cease its mobile biometric...

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