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IRIS to be decommisioned from 15th/16 September 2013

09/09/2013 by Kevincm

For a lot of travellers, the last thing any of us want to see is a mile long immigration queue when entering a territory. For those entering the United Kingdom, there are three main methods: By Interview with an immigration agent Via an ePassport and eGate (for EU/ECC passport holders) Via IRIS IRIS required users to register for the service, and for pictures of the users … [Read more...]

IRIS switched off at Manchester and Birmingham. London to follow…

17/02/2012 by Kevincm

In what is the bonehead maneuver of the day (although UK Borders will call it "cost saving"), the IRIS Border Authentication Machines has been now confirmed as switched off at Birmingham and Manchester Airports by visitors to the Business Traveler forum. What is more concerning are two other bits of information that have surfaced: No new registrations for IRIS will be … [Read more...]

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