2004, ISBN: 9781234288679

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RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 68 pages. Original publisher: Washington : U. S. G. P. O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. G. P. O. , 2004. LC Number: KF27 . I5496 2004d OCLC Number: (OCoLC)56548317 Subject: Visas -- United States. Excerpt: . . . 11 ment of the Embassy in a position to do so - all over the world - contributes critical information to our consular lookout systems. As you know, the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act ( EBSA ) established October 26, 2004, as a deadline by which VWP countries must begin issuing their nationals only passports that incorporate biometric identifiers that comply with the International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ) standards. In May 2003, ICAO decided to make facial recognition encrypted on contactless chips the globally interoperable, standard passport biometric. Thus, VWP countries had 17 months from that decision date to bring a biometric passport from design to pro-duction - a process that normally takes years. The EBSA does not provide a waiver provision, and few, if any, of the 27 participating VWP countries will be able to meet this legislatively mandated deadline. Although the VWP country governments are committed to deploying biometric passports, they are encountering the same tech-nical and scientific challenges we are in our effort to produce a sound biometric passport. The challenge given the international community by this congressional mandate is a daunting one. We face complex technological and operational issues, including the security of the passport data on the contactless chips and the interoperability of readers and biometric passports. Working through these hard issues takes time. In May 2004, ICAO established the technical standards for the interoperability of contactless chips and passport readers at ports of entry and the technical specifica-tions for protecting passport data from unauthorized use. As a result, manufacturers can now begin producing passport readers that will be able to read multiple chips. Each countr. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<