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Old Sep 2, 2004 | 6:13 pm
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studentff
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Originally Posted by battia
What is an INSPASS?
Photo ID containing your name, date of birth, passport #, and citizenship and connected to a biometric identifier (hand geometry) that can be used at a kiosk certain points of entry to the US in lieu of showing your passport to a passport control officer.

Its primary use is to get around long passport control lines by using these kiosks.

Many on FT also find it a useful photo ID for privacy-protection because it does not contain such personal info as home address, SSN, weight, whatever. It also lacks an easily readable expiration date. (The expiration date is on the back, but encoded in a string of numbers with no label.)
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