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Souter Point joins the Biometrics Institute Souter Point is pleased to announce that we have joined the Biometrics Institute , whose mission is to " promote the responsible, ethical and effective use of Biometrics and related technologies that respect the Institute’s ethical guidance as an independent and impartial international forum for biometric users and other interested parties. " Biometrics are playing a bigger and bigger role in our daily lives, whether that’s unlockin

In the last of three special blog posts on the visa application outsourcing industry, we consider whether greater digitisation of the visa process will further entrench incumbent competitive positions or open the industry to new players. Since the visa application outsourcing industry launched in 2001 , the visa application process has become increasingly digital. Biometrics, online applications, and e-visas are eliminating paper and physical artefacts across the visa applic

In the second of three blog posts on developments in the visa application outsourcing industry, we examine how the new single EU Visa Application Portal and digital visas will revolutionise the Schengen visa application process in the near future and beyond The 29 Schengen States are one of the single largest visa-issuing blocs in the world, with more than 11.7 million Schengen visa applications made globally in 2024 . While the process and requirements for applying for a Sch

With trials for a fully remote biometric enrolment solution for visa applications underway that includes fingerprint enrolment, in the first of three articles on visa application outsourcing, Souter Points discusses how remote biometric enrolment technology could impact visa applicants and the visa application outsourcing industry If you’ve applied for a visa within the last 25 years, the chances are you had to visit a visa application centre (VAC) to do so. Outsourcing the v