Tuesday, July 10, 2012

India: Consulates in the US, UK and Pakistan to Begin Collecting Biometric Data for Visas

India to collect biometric data of all foreign visitors (Live Mint - WSJ)
The move comes in the wake of Indian investigators struggling to find out whether Syed Zabiuddin Ansari, alias Abu Jundal, an Indian arrested in connection with the November 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai, had visited India on Pakistani passports after the attack. Jundal holds an Indian passport and two Pakistani passports.