GovWire

When foreign nationals want to visit or migrate to the UK, some of them are required to provide face and fingerprint biometrics ahead of travel, to enable identity and security checks. British citizens are already required to do this when travelling to some other countries, such as the US and Japan.

To maximise convenience and security, the Home Office will increasingly look at where remote self-enrolment of face and fingerprint biometrics can be used by foreign nationals applying to come to the UK. For example, this could include using a smartphone to self-enrol biometrics from home. To understand whether this is possible, the Home Office need to continue to test the performance and usability of these emerging biometric technologies. These feasibility trials are latest stage of doing this.

This page provides details of the privacy information notice (PIN) accompanying the consent form for trial participants.