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Home Affairs launches Transit Visa Biometrics System

Source: SABC, 15/12/2015

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba is on Tuesday launching the
Transit Visa Biometrics System aimed at recording the movement of
transit travellers on the Department's enhanced Movement Control
System (eMCS).

The system will provide for a mechanism that mitigates against the
requirements to uphold transit visas. The objective is to capture the
biometrics for all travellers upon arrival and departure from the
country at all ports of entry.

According to Gigaba, the ministry launched a pilot project at Lanseria
in November, then they extended it to OR Tambo, Ushaka as well as the
Cape Town International Airport.

He says at the moment they have identified service points where they
will implement the biometrics system to be captured electronically.

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