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Homeland Security’s Ridge asks U.S. Congress for two-year deadline extension on biometric passports
Tuesday, May 4 2004
With almost no country reporting an ability to meet the U.S. October deadline for machine-readable passports with biometric identifiers, two of the U.S.'s top officials–Secretary of State Colin Powell and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge–have asked Congress to extend the deadline for the enhanced passports by an additional two years.
The Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act (EBSA) established October 26, 2004, as the deadline for Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries to begin issuing machine-readable passports with biometric identifiers (as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Both men have asked Congress to extend that deadline to Nov. 30, 2006.
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