Originally Posted by
Roughneck57
I had a chat with a friendly UK Border Force chap who elaborated slightly ..... So, he said it's linked to my name and that a list appears with some known dodgy person with a similar name (he read it out to me at the time) and said the machine's AI/algorithim cannot make the determination in the time allowed so it refers the holder for a physical check. ....
I've been told the same story of dodgy person/same name, as have a number of others here. I recently went to Dublin where my passport also didn't work in the e-gates - Irish immigration officer told me it was a faulty chip. I'm pretty confident that there is no-one else in the UK (or world for that matter) with the same combination of first, middle and last name as me so I know which of the two I'm more inclined to believe.