Australia Expanding Biometric Visa Applications

From February 8th this year, anyone lodging paper-based Australian visa applications in Sri Lanka will need to provide a digital facial photograph and a scan of their fingerprints at the Australian Visa Application Centre in Colombo as part of the visa...

37,000 Ghost Pensioners Discovered in Nigeria

The biometric audit carried out by the federal government of Nigeria to ascertain the actual number of its pensioners has yielded dividends as it has discovered 37,000 ghost pensioners, said Prof. Oladapo Afolabi, the Head of service of the Federation,...

Uzbekistan Starts Introducing Biometric Passports

Director of the State Personalization Center under the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan Abdusattar Matkarimov spoke to UzA on the introduction of the biometric passports in the country. In accordance with the President’s decree of January 5th, the...

UK ID Cards Scrapped in Coalition Government’s First Home Office Bill

ID cards will be scrapped under the Coalition Government’s first Home Office Bill to pass through Parliament. All ID cards will be canceled within one month of Royal Assent and the National Identity Register, the database which contains the biographic...

First New Look UK Passport Issued

The first new look UK passport has been issued to five-year-old Elliot Coutts Miller. Elliot, who attends Shortwood Infant School, Staines in Surrey, received his passport at the London passport office based in Globe House in Victoria. How People Arrived...

Citizens of Bosnia-Hercegovina And Albania May be Exempt From European Union Visa Requirements By 2011

Citizens of Bosnia-Hercegovina and Albania will be exempt from European Union (EU) visa requirements by the end of this year, if the full Parliament on  October 7th backs a report adopted this Tuesday by the Civil Liberties Committee. The European...

New United Kingdom Passport Unveiled

Chief Executive of the Identity and Passport Service Sarah Rapson has unveiled the redesigned United Kingdom (UK) passport, now featuring strengthened security features and iconic images from across the nation.

Kenya Begins Electronic Voter Registration

Kenya’s Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) has begun electronic voter registration. How People Arrived Here: walter linder

Skilled Migrants Seeking to Renew U.K. Visas Now Require a Compulsory ID Card

Skilled migrants seeking to renew their U.K. visas will now be required to apply for a compulsory ID card, Border and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas has announced, as the roll out of the scheme continues ahead of schedule. Since the scheme was introduced...