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Will this change affect all visa
applicants?
Visa applicants subject to the
Biometric Visa Program will be required
to provide ten fingerscans with their
first visa application following the
transition.
When will this change take place?
The Department plans to begin
deployment of the ten fingerscan system
to all visa issuing consular posts abroad
beginning in April 2007, with
completion scheduled for the end of
2007.
Dated: April 2, 2007.
Maura Harty,
Assistant Secretary, Consular Affairs,
Department of State.
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[Public Notice 5778]
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Biometric Visa Program Transition to
Ten Fingerscans
State Department.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron
Acker, Legislation and Regulations
Division, Visa Services, Department of
State, Washington, DC 20520–0106,
(202) 663–1205 or e-mail
ackerrl@state.gov.
SUMMARY: This public notice announces
the change in the standard for
fingerscans of the Biometric Visa
Program from two fingerscans to ten
fingerscans. The establishment of the
Biometric Visa Program was announced
to the public in December 2004 as a
response to the requirements
established by the Enhanced Border
Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of
2002. When the program began,
available technology only allowed for
efficient capture and comparisons of
two fingerscans. Now, improvements in
technology allow the Program to
incorporate a ten fingerscan standard.
Why is the Department planning to take
ten fingerscans from visa applicants?
The Biometric Visa Program works
closely with the US–VISIT Program of
the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS). Both programs currently require
aliens to submit two fingerscans as part
of their respective application
procedures. In consultation with DHS
and the Department of Justice, the
Department is instituting the ten
fingerscan standard to improve our
ability to detect and thwart persons
ineligible for visas by raising the
accuracy rate in matching fingerscans.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5778]
Biometric Visa Program Transition to Ten Fingerscans
AGENCY: State Department.
ACTION: Notice.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Acker, Legislation and Regulations
Division, Visa Services, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520-
0106, (202) 663-1205 or e-mail ackerrl@state.gov.
SUMMARY: This public notice announces the change in the standard for
fingerscans of the Biometric Visa Program from two fingerscans to ten
fingerscans. The establishment of the Biometric Visa Program was
announced to the public in December 2004 as a response to the
requirements established by the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry
Reform Act of 2002. When the program began, available technology only
allowed for efficient capture and comparisons of two fingerscans. Now,
improvements in technology allow the Program to incorporate a ten
fingerscan standard.
Why is the Department planning to take ten fingerscans from visa
applicants?
The Biometric Visa Program works closely with the US-VISIT Program
of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Both programs currently
require aliens to submit two fingerscans as part of their respective
application procedures. In consultation with DHS and the Department of
Justice, the Department is instituting the ten fingerscan standard to
improve our ability to detect and thwart persons ineligible for visas
by raising the accuracy rate in matching fingerscans.
Will this change affect all visa applicants?
Visa applicants subject to the Biometric Visa Program will be
required to provide ten fingerscans with their first visa application
following the transition.
When will this change take place?
The Department plans to begin deployment of the ten fingerscan
system to all visa issuing consular posts abroad beginning in April
2007, with completion scheduled for the end of 2007.
Dated: April 2, 2007.
Maura Harty,
Assistant Secretary, Consular Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E7-8604 Filed 5-3-07; 8:45 am]
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