US-Visit Biometrics to Include Permanent Residents

We wrote in December about the Custom and Border Protection (”CBP”) decision to include legal permanent residents (”LPR”) into the US-VISIT program.

Effective January 18, 2008, CBP will subject all entering or exiting LPRS to biometrics processing at all air and seaports.  LPRS entering through land ports of entry will not be automatically subjected to biometrics, unless they are referred to secondary screening.

While the January 18, 2008, effective date is likely to include taking biometrics at entry, it is not clear from CBP whether biometrics will be taken upon leaving the U.S.  We will provide more information as we obtain it.

By | Last Updated: January 6th, 2009| Categories: News|

About the Author: Dimo Michailov

Dimo Michailov
Dimo has over 15 years of experience in US immigration including employment-based immigration benefits, corporate compliance and family based immigration. He represents corporate and individual clients in a wide range of cross-border immigration matters including mobility of key foreign executives and managers, specialized knowledge workers, and foreign nationals with extraordinary ability.

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