Beginning January 21, 2020, Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) will implement a 45-day pilot of biometric screening technologies at three international gates to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) process departing passengers.

Romania is to start issuing electronic ID cards in August 2021 to align with the standards set at the European Union level. Romania’s current ID card was introduced in 1997.

The number of Tanzanians applying for electronic passports has drastically increased to an average of 1,200 applications from between 300 and 400 per day.

Distribution of the Bangladeshi ePassport (electronic passport) is set to start from January 22 as the authorities have completed preparation and formalities in this regard, reports local media.

ArcBlock, a blockchain platform for production-ready decentralized applications and enterprise blockchains, announced today that they are releasing a new version of their decentralized identity wallet. 

VFS Global has launched the mobile biometrics (Visa at your doorstep) service for Italian visa customers across India

The Uganda Ministry of Internal affairs has officially announced the operation of the new ePassport application portal, reports local media.

HID Global has announced that the government of Argentina has selected its HID goID® citizen identity technology to power the country’s digital version of its mandatory National Identity Document for its Mi Argentina app.

From December 14, 2019, Freja eID+ will be supported for e-services at Bolagsverket and Verksamt.se.

The national ‘Lotus’ flower has been imprinted on Indian Passports, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said.

Onfido, the global identity verification provider, today announced a strategic partnership with Ubisecure, a digital identity solutions leader to enable Onfido’s identity verification technology for Ubisecure customers’ digital identity solutions.

secunet Security Networks AG is expanding the network analysis segment of its IT security portfolio with a takeover of the Essen-based finally safe GmbH.

US Customs and Border Protection met yesterday with leading privacy experts to discuss CBP’s implementation of the Congressional biometric entry-exit mandate.

An expert’s guide to using the paper elements of a passport.

Empowering e-government by shifting to smart cards is accelerating the arrival of a new era of mobile identity and electronic documents.

Citizen ID documents such as national IDs and driver licenses will ultimately follow the trend toward mobility.