Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/us_fast_entry/
US immigration dodge is permanent
Global Entry forever
Posted in Government, 20th November 2009 12:43 GMT
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Janet Napolitano, boss of US Homeland Security, is making the Global Entry system - a quicker way through customs and border control - permanent.
The voluntary scheme, for US residents, is currently being piloted at 20 airports. It allows pre-registered passengers to swerve long security lines and enter a booth, stick their passport in a slot, have their fingerprints checked against a digital record and answer customs questions via a touchscreen.
Assuming all this works, the booth prints a receipt which can be shown to Customs officers on your way out.
About 27,000 people have registered and, between them, entered the country 100,000 times.
The DOH is accepting comments [1] on the proposed change until 22 January 2010.
Global Entry members can also take part in Privium - which uses iris recognition to fast-track passengers through Amsterdam's Schipol Airport, although there is an extra €159 annual charge.
UK and US authorities are working on a similar scheme to fast-track entry to the UK. ®