NON-IMMIGRANT VISAS
Biometric Passports
These passports feature an RFID chip, or Radio Frequency Identification chip, which can store
and retrieve data using RFID tags/transporters. It is a small chip that is
incorporated into the new passports of the 188 member countries of the new
program. In accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organization, it
provides for a more secure, faster, way of traveling with a passport that allows
the customs agent to bring up, electronically, your personal data (the
information that is found inside of today’s passports). An additional component
is the digital facial image brought up by the RFID Chip, as well as each chip
having its own identification number that has its own digital signature to
ensure that copies are not fabricated.
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