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Congress votes to put back the deadline for biometric passports by one year

01 June 2004

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The government had asked for two years because the EU said could not meet deadlie of 26 October 2004. It is very unlikely that EU states can meet new deadline of 26 October 2005 - EU citizens can enter the USA under a visa waiver scheme. See: Cryptome (link) See also earlier coverage: Report

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