UNITED STATES Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed new procedures that will require most visitors travelling on visas to the US to have two fingerprints scanned by an inkless device and a digital photograph taken by immigration officials upon entry at US air and seaports starting 5 January 2004. The procedures, developed in response to a congressional mandate, are part of the US-VISIT (United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology) ” an automated entry/exit system ” and will be in place at 115 airports and 14 major seaports in early 2004. The enhancements to the immigration process will be phased in at US land borders throughout 2005 and 2006.
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