US-Visit Biometrics to Include Permanent Residents
We wrote in December about the Custom and Border Protection (“CBP”) decision to include legal permanent residents (“LPR”) into the US-VISIT program.
Effective January 18, 2008, CBP will subject all entering or exiting LPRS to biometrics processing at all air and seaports. LPRS entering through land ports of entry will not be automatically subjected to biometrics, unless they are referred to secondary screening.
While the January 18, 2008, effective date is likely to include taking biometrics at entry, it is not clear from CBP whether biometrics will be taken upon leaving the U.S. We will provide more information as we obtain it.
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