UK Passport for the USA

USA EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS. ABTA has welcomed the US move to give the UK and 26 other US visa waiver countries an extra year to introduce passports containing biometric data. The extended deadline means that new passports will not have to contain this information until 26 October 2006 in order for passengers to travel to the USA without a visa. The UK Passport Agency is due to start rolling out these passports - to be known as e-passports - from the end of this year, and is confident that all new passports will be biometric by the new deadline. Further information will be posted on www.ukpa.gov.uk in the next couple of days, or contact the ABTA Corporate Affairs Department (corporate@abta.co.uk) on 020 7307 1900.



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