The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently reminded travelers from 27 Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries that as of June 26, 2005, they must have a machine-readable passport to enter the ...

The Philippines has begun issuing machine-readable passports as a first step toward offering e-passports which contain microchips with a person’s biometric data in the next few years. The ...

Documents obtained recently by the ACLU show that the United States government ignored warnings about privacy and security while successfully pushing for an international standard for new electronic ...

Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the U.S. to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.

A security expert has cracked one of the U.K.’s new biometric passports, which the British government hopes will cut down on cross-border crime and illegal immigration. The attack, which uses a common ...

Second, Finland will still accept a non-biometric passport belonging to someone granted a residence permit to the passport holder before 1 June 2026. "Therefore, it will still be possible to apply for ...