Canada’s Budget Funds Traveller Biometrics Strategy and Facial Images for eTA Applicants
Canada’s 2026 federal budget proposes C$4.3 million over four years for Transport Canada to develop a Traveller Biometrics Strategy, along with C$90 million to…
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Canada to Make Biometrics Mandatory for All Citizenship Applicants
Canada IRCC is advancing rules to require biometrics from all citizenship applicants, targeting Canada Gazette pre-publication in 2026 and rollout in 2027.
Canada Publishes Biometric Exemption Policy for FIFA-Invited World Cup 2026 Visitors
The Government of Canada has formally published a temporary public policy exempting certain FIFA-invited foreign nationals from the standard biometric…
IRCC Pilots Digital Visitor Visas for Moroccan Travelers
Canada’s Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has begun piloting digital visitor visas for a limited group of Moroccan travelers, in what…
Canada Plans to Introduce Biometric Requirements for Citizenship Applications by 2027
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) plans to introduce mandatory biometric data collection for citizenship grant applicants, marking a…
Border Agency’s RFI Shows Contrast Between Canadian, American Approaches
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is tentatively beginning its search for a new biometric identification system, and the organization’s…
New Biometric Screening Requirements Take Effect in Canada
Today, July 31, 2018, marks the official start of Canada’s expanded biometric border screening program that mandates all European, African and Middle Eastern…
Canadian Authorities Prepare for Biometric Border Screening Expansion
Canadian immigration authorities are preparing for an administrative challenge as the country expands its biometric screening program, announcing that they…