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Old Nov 15, 2023 | 1:07 am
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Originally Posted by HFHFFlyer
I thought all boarding was biometric at JFK now.

Surely they have to pass the facial scanner so CBP know they’ve left the US?
Correct, and at a number of other USA airports too. Now at ORD they still want to see the boarding pass to make sure you haven't transferred without a passport scan, but at JFK now, all boarding is just a walk on for everyone. So long as the camera catches you - and you see a square around your face as you approach, then that handles both the CBP requirement to identify an exit from the USA, and the BA requirement thanks to a link to FLY. This was how T5 was designed to be used, incidentally, but I can only imagine the GDPR problems with this approach.
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