Egypt to apply Biometric passport system
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab is scheduled to inaugurate ePassport gates at terminal three in Cairo International Airport Saturday, Youm7 reported. The inauguration will be attended by Minister of Civil Aviation, Hossam Kamal, and Chief Executive Officer of the Holding Company for Airports and Aviation, Mahmoud Essmat. ePassport gates enable passengers to finalize airport formalities […]
Ethiopian expats worry over digital passport delays
They said that it is taking up to more than nine months — instead of the usual 45 days — for applications to renew passports, which cost Dh1,000 to be processed. Only digital (machine readable) passports are now allowed, while the manual passports are no longer in use. Many expatriates are frustrated both by the […]
Nottinghamshire pet passport forgery on the rise
Trading standards in Nottinghamshire say the use of forged pet passports is on the increase as they seize one a month over the last year. The team said the problem was leading to more illegally imported puppies in the UK and a heightened risk of rabies. Pet passports were introduced nationally in 2012 and allow […]
For years, a Passport Agency contractor copied passport applicants’ data to create fake identities
A woman employed as a State Department contractor was indicted in Houston on Wednesday for an alleged identity theft scheme using personal information she stole while working at a passport office. The contractor, Chloe McClendon, and two other women were charged “with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft,” […]
Illegal immigrant used false passport to gain job at Bradford hospital
An illegal immigrant used false passports and references to get a hospital job in Bradford, a court heard. David Oyeniyi, 35, was paid almost £60,000 over four years, working as a cleaning services assistant, Bradford Crown Court was told. Nigerian-born Oyeniyi used a false Dutch passport and references in his job application. But the court […]
Two strangers whose passports were switched by bungling customs staff reunited after realising they lived only miles apart
Two strangers whose passports were switched by bungling customs staff were reunited with their documents months later – after discovering they lived just miles apart. Pam Wilkinson, 78, and Clifford Bunt, 75, were able to fly back to the UK from Dubai on each other’s passports and were totally unaware of the mix-up. Shocked Pam […]
