The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently reminded travelers from 27 Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries that as of June 26, 2005, they must have a machine-readable passport to enter the ...

The US Embassy announced here yesterday that travellers from 27 countries included in the Visa Waiver Programme will be affected by several changes concerning passports valid for travel to the United ...

Machine-readable passports in the format specified by ICAO became the worldwide standard effective yesterday, the organization announced from Montreal. The 188 member nations of ICAO have agreed that ...

Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the U.S. to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.

Documents obtained recently by the ACLU show that the United States government ignored warnings about privacy and security while successfully pushing for an international standard for new electronic ...

Citizens of countries who do not require a visa under the U.S. Visa Waiver Programme (VWP) must have a machine readable passport (MRP) from October 10, according to the American Embassy in Abu Dhabi.

Egypt's foreign ministry announced on Monday that it has been making every possible effort to issue digitalised passports to Egyptians living abroad. Amr Awad, the foreign minister’s assistant, called ...

A security expert has cracked one of the U.K.’s new biometric passports, which the British government hopes will cut down on cross-border crime and illegal immigration. The attack, which uses a common ...

A security expert has cracked one of the U.K.’s new biometric passports, which the British government hopes will cut down on cross-border crime and illegal immigration. The attack, which uses a common ...