Ireland: New era for Visas

Biometric visas (e-Visa project) (Business & Leadership)

Chief executive of the Irish Exporters Association (IEA) John Whelan has welcomed the vision for a new era for visa systems for Ireland, which was outlined at the second meeting of the Export Trade Council held last week.

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The basis of the long-term waiver is likely to be based on sharing biometric checks through fingerprint recognition technology with the UK authorities.

Biometrics are increasingly being used as a feature of visa application and border checking by many advanced economies.

However, the Dept of Justice and Equality advised the Export Trade Council that the cost of putting the biometric technology in the worldwide network of Irish embassies would cost in the order of €6.5m.

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