GET Group and Graphic Security Systems Corporation (GSSC) announced the GET/Toppan eP600 ePassport System (eP600), one of the first passport printers capable of personalizing secure travel documents using GSSC’s Variable Stealth SI security feature. Variable Stealth SI is a concealed image added to the color photo. The image is generated using patented software developed by […]

The Ukrainian parliament has passed the first reading of a bill to introduce biometric IDs to the country. The bill also would enable the creation of a unified state demographic database with basic personal information on all citizens and it would also call for the implementation of e-passports with contactless smart card chips. This bill […]

The Government of Canada has plans in the works to equip a new 10-year electronic passport that can be used to authenticate the identity of travelers. The government is issuing the new 10-year electronic passports starting in the spring but will also still offer a five-year version as well. The e-passport contains a chip and […]

Global ID document and banknote verification solutions provider Keesing Technologies, has launched its ID AuthentiScan solution. ID Authentiscan works by placing an ID credential on a passport reader and the system automatically performs multiple checks in a few seconds. 
The solution offers authentication at the highest level without requiring any specialized operating knowledge or skills. […]

Secure ID and card personalization specialist Datacard Group has announced that the Slovakian Government will employ the company’s suite of identification solutions into its national eID program. The Slovakian government has chosen the company’s MX6000 card issuance system and the Syntera customization suite software to develop highly secure national eIDs, driver’s licenses, border crossing cards, […]

Confidex announced that its RFID windshield labels are being used to support India’s modernizing of all border checkpoints as mandated by the government, with the first fully automatic border control system kicking off in Maharashtra, India. Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is in the process of modernizing the state’s border checkpoints utilizing passive ultra-high […]

Hyderabad, India-based 4G Identity Solutions (4Gid) has won a biometrics contract with the government of India’s National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Information Technology. 4Gid will install and integrate biometric technology for the country’s Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration & Tracking (IVFRT) system. The contract is the result of the NIC’s call for bids that […]

Sofia Airport in Bulgaria has installed four immigration e-gates in its Terminal 2 to speed up the the border clearance process, reports Future Travel Experience. The e-gates use e-passports and facial recognition software to complete the immigration process. Adults arriving from the EU, European Economic Area and Switzerland will be able to take advantage of […]

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency has installed an RFID-enabled Ready Lane at the San Luis, Arizona border-crossing station, according to a local news story. The single lane will be open between 6 A.M. until 12 A.M. enabling anyone with RFID-enabled travel documents – the U.S. Passport Card, new Legal Permanent Resident “green […]

Immigration officials have begun testing a new identification system at two airports near Tokyo designed to speed up immigration procedures, according to The Japan Times. The testing at Tokyo International Airport, commonly known as Haneda Airport, and the Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture will determine whether facial recognition and other biometric data stored in […]