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Your fingerprints (all 10), iris scan, and photograph will be taken each time you apply for a UK Visa. Same goes for USA, so it did not come as a surprise, too.
by prashnts 10y ago
Your fingerprints (all 10), iris scan, and photograph will be taken each time you apply for a UK Visa. Same goes for USA, so it did not come as a surprise, too. (I have an Indian Passport)
What my worry is, though, that all of the application processes are outsourced to VFS Global[0] for both USA and UK, and I can't help but be skeptic about it.
[0] http://www.vfsglobal.com/ http://www.vfsglobal.com/
- gsnedders 10y agoHowever, the majority of foreigners entering both the UK and US do so without a visa, as far as I'm aware. In the UK case, typically no fingerprints are taken, whereas in the US they are.
- janpieterz 10y agoBeen to both countries a couple of times (I'm Dutch). Fingerprints got taken every time at the US, never happened to me at the UK border.
- germanier 10y agoAs an EU citizen they couldn't require you at the UK border even if they wanted too.
- Symbiote 10y agoNot for another two weeks, anyway... :-(
- germanier 10y agoIt would take quite some time (likely at least a few years) even after a positive vote.
- CiaranMcNulty 10y agoThere's in fact a 2 year minimum period
- adaml_623 10y agoLol. The 'Visa Waiver' is a visa. It's just an electronic one.
- prashnts 10y agoProviding biometrics at the Border is still at some level okay, of course, assuming that their data security can be trusted. At VFS Global, however, I see the "visa interviewer"[0] struggling to handle the computers, and can't help but be worried about how they'll be transmitting and storing that data. My personal experience with Indian firms handling data hasn't been good and I certainly do not trust them[1]. [0] They're also Indians, and employed by the firm. [1] I have only this anecdote -- I am not sure about how it is done elsewhere.