Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the US to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.
If legislation before Congress in the United States is passed, by 2003 Australians will be required to have a biometric in their passport to enter the US, according to an Australian Customs Service representative.
Problems in introducing biometric identifiers to Australian passports means Australian citizens visiting the United States will be fingerprinted and photographed under that country's anti-terrorism measures.
The head of the US' Department of Homeland Security has said he is keen for the US and the EU to push ahead with plans to incorporate biometric identification data in documents such as passports.
Federal and state officials in the US are paying close attention to border control and airport safety, but overlooking US Driver's licenses which are easily forged "source" documents that breed other identification.
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