Norway rolls out biometric security kiosks

Norway rolls out biometric security kiosks
October 28, 2007

Security Document World: Norway has rolled out 21 biometric kiosks as part of its biometric ePassport and visa pilot scheme. The kiosks, which have been developed by Motorola in conjunction with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Police Computing and Material Service, capture a 2-D facial image, fingerprints (10 fingers for visas and two for passports), and the signatures of passport and visa applicants. Motorola says the country is one of the first to use a single kiosk to capture three biometrics reads for passports and visas.