Passport lifespan: 10 years... Chip warranty: two years... The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has completed the launch of ePassports on time and on budget but question marks still surround ...

The thousands of UK ePassports stolen on Monday are likely to sell for up to £20m on the black market, say privacy experts. A van carrying about 3,000 blank ePassports and visas was hijacked on route ...

Smart card maker On Track competes for a first-of-its kind federal contractWith a legal victory fresh under its belt, smart card maker On Track Innovations America hopes to win a major contract to ...

BERLIN – Veridos has announced a new partnership with the Government of Kenya, and together they aim to further enhance the country’s electronic passports. Kenya is committed to making regional and ...

Airport security requirements have dramatically accelerated improvements in, and the adoption of, biometric technology. Biometric technology has long been used to confirm individuals’ identities and ...

Bangladesh is planning to start the distribution of digital passports, also known as ePassports, as early as June this year to ease immigration activities. The ePassport has an embedded electronic ...

ISELIN, N.J., Oct. 12, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) (Nasdaq:OTIV), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, payments, ...

An ePassport supplements the traditional paper passport by adding a microcontroller chip containing biometric information used to authenticate travelers’ identities. These chips use the same ...

India has launched ePassports, embedding holder details on a microchip for enhanced security and faster immigration. These ...

Passport Canada plans to launch an ePassport in 2012, and in the meantime it wants to hear Canadians' thoughts on the issue — including revised fees. The new passport will be little changed in ...