Part 2: ePassports
Biometric Technology Today · 2005
This month's survey follows on from last month's analysis of the ePassport market. With the European Union now committed to rolling out biometric passports in August next year and with a deadline extension of one year granted to US visa waiver countries (to 26 October 2006), the next 12 months will be critical for many countries around the world. In the table below we highlight a plethora of countries and report on their readiness to roll out ePassports.