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Originally Posted by iglu
On Monday, I am doing the IRIS registration, that replaces passport checking all together. Has anybody done it? How long does it take?
I am a bit concern that my iris and fingerprint will be on a global database but I am fed up queuing at airports
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Not sure how that is going to avoid queues at airports tbh. Heard an immigration guy on the radio the other day explaining how new passport scans on entry to the UK are taking twice as long as the 'cursory glance' system previously used. Apparently previously when long queues built up officers would just waive people through without a care (hardly secure that eh!). Now that isn't possible but as usual no more resources or officers have been employed to deal with the additional pressure so queues are increasing greatly apparently. They interviewed a guy who arrived with his wife and 2 young children back at Heathrow at midnight 2-3 weeks ago who claimed the queues even at that time were huge and they were forced to wait for well over an hour to have their passports scanned.
Not looking good is it?