You’re running out of time if you want to get a European stamp in your passport. The European Union’s commissioner for home affairs announced in a speech Friday the E.U. would switch on its new ...

Luxembourg officially introduced its new biometric passport on Monday, equipped with stronger security features and an ...

E-passports are major improvements over original passports in a few key ways. We break down what makes them different from ...

Exclusive: Mandatory facial biometrics and fingerprinting for all ‘third-country nationals’ have been quietly dropped by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Europe's border system is changing. The Entry/Exit System (EES)—the European Union's new digital border tracking system for non-EU ...

One of the biggest changes is that passport stamps will be replaced. Instead of stamping passports, border authorities will now digitally record when travellers enter and leave the country. This will ...

A travel mishap has gone viral online in recent days. It highlighted the increasing application of biometric identity checks in airports. A U.S. traveler was detained by border officers who questioned ...

Citizens are required to complete biometric enrolment by July 31st, 2027, after which all passports that have not been ...

The British government is considering incorporating biometric cards into passports within the next four years as part of its increased security and antifraud efforts. The U.K. Passport Service (UKPS), ...

The outgoing U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Tom Ridge, called for a new international standard for putting biometric data such as fingerprints on passports. In a speech Friday at the ...