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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...

The Netherlands may require non-EU applicants to submit fingerprints for visas

10:55 08/03/2012
A new bill was brought forward in the Netherlands to require all non-EU nationals applying for residency and work visas to supply their fingerprints and photograph to the immigration department. If...

New Zealand immigration biometrics for all applicants

18:54 28/10/2011
New Zealand immigration officials announced recently that they will now be using biometric data scans for all visa applications submitted. Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman announced the changes...