The Home Office has signed a
$4.4m (£2.18m) deal with supplier Cross
Match Technologies to provide 1,385 biometric devices at government
buildings based in foreign countries.
The Guardian scanners will be used to take fingerprint readings of every
applicant for a UK visa.
The new biometric readings will help to strengthen control of British
borders, said UKvisas head of
procurement Andrew Pestell.
"The recording of biometric information through our new fingerprint readers
allows us to fix an individual's identity at the earliest point practicable so
that only those with permission can travel to the UK," said Pestell.
The UK is the first EU country to collect ten fingerprints and a digital
photo from every visa applicant.
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