CIC setzt neue technik in seattle ein - Biometrics für visas

Hallo

als information für zukünftige anträge in seattle, us - siehe:

Citizenship and Immigration Canada Begins Biometrics Field Trial

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), in partnership with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), began a six-month operational Biometrics Field Trial on October 19, 2006.

This limited field trial is taking place at two visa offices abroad (Hong Kong and Seattle), and at the following locations in Canada: the Vancouver International Airport, the Douglas/Pacific Highway land ports of entry, and the Etobicoke refugee processing centre.

The Field Trial involves the introduction of fingerprint and facial recognition technologies to the processing of temporary resident visa applicants (students, workers and visitors) and refugee claimants. The Field Trial will test the impact of these technologies on CIC and CBSA operations, as well as evaluate their usefulness in detecting fraud and facilitating legitimate travel. The Field Trial will also help CIC assess the merits of making significant technology investments to gather and verify biometric data at visa offices and ports of entry.

Results of the Field Trial will be published in the fall of 2007.

More information can be found at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/applications/notice-trv.html.

also - so wird das demnächst in seattle funktionieren:

How will the Field Trial affect my visa application?

CIC will ask you to provide your photograph and fingerprints as part of the temporary resident visa application process.

In order to test potential biometrics systems, CIC requires each applicant to submit photographs that comply with new international standards as outlined in the application kit. The photograph will then be scanned and saved to a chip placed under your visa. This chip will be read upon your arrival in Canada at Port of Entry (POE) listed below. If you apply or pick up your visa in person or attend an interview, you will be asked to provide your fingerprints at the visa office. Should your application be completed entirely by mail, you will be asked to provide your fingerprints (by having your fingers scanned) when you arrive in Vancouver International Airport, or Douglas Highway or Pacific Highway border crossings.

The scanned information (photograph and fingerprints) will be transmitted via protected channel to a database at CIC National Headquarters in Ottawa, Canada.

also, es betrifft auch temporary worker - siehe oben