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• Biometric Airport and Seaport Exit Procedures Proposed

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Homeland Security Components

• US-VISIT

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US-VISIT Air-Sea Biometric Exit, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish an exit program at all airports and seaports of departure in the United States.

Under this rule, the Department proposes to require non-U.S. citizens subject to US-VISIT biometric requirements upon entering the United States to also provide biometric identifiers-digital fingerprints-prior to departing the United States from airports or seaports of departure.

The Proposed Rule requires commercial air carriers and vessel owners and operators to collect and transmit this biometric exit information to Homeland Security, in conjunction with passenger manifest information already being collected and submitted by the carriers. The proposed rule would not apply to small carriers and vessel owners and operators, or to general aviation.

Collection of Alien Biometric Data upon Exit from the United States at Air and Sea Points of Departure; US-VISIT Program 

Comment Period

The comment period on this proposed rule closed on June 23, 2008. View the rule and posted comments may at www.regulations.gov. Reference Docket number DHS-2008-0039.

This page was last reviewed/modified on June 25, 2008.