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Old Jan 14, 2016, 3:35 am
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Stewie Mac
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biometrics capture at immigration - post to record progress of roll-out

Alerted by jeonatl3 in this post, and confirmed in a couple of media reports, RSA is going to capture biometric information (photo, fingerprints) at port of entry.

Apparently it started for int'l arrivals at HLA, but is now rolling out to JNB, DUR, and CPT, with (according to that media report) a 'specific focus... in the transit area at ORT' - good spot jeonatl3!

I think that it might be useful if people can post reports of this roll-out across the airports, and its effect (if any) on immigration queues... knowing ZA, it's likely to make the whole process more painful!

I'm into CPT next week, and will report back from there.
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