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CBP Transitions Biometric Exit Pilot To Biometric Verification System

CBP Transitions Biometric Exit Pilot To Biometric Verification System
Test subjects queue at a mock CBP airport entry processing station as part of a DHS effort to test biometric entry and exit devices for foreign nationals arriving and departing U.S. airports. Photo: DHS

A Homeland Security pilot test begun last year to use facial recognition technology to verify the identities of foreign nationals leaving the U.S. on one daily international flight from an airport in Atlanta has transitioned to the Biometric Verification System (BVS), demonstrating that a congressionally-mandated biometric exit solution is beginning to take shape.Over the next several months Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will continue testing different facial recognition devices and work with airlines to integrate the BVS system at additional…

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