At this point, there are no plans to broaden biometrics into the permanent stream. We're focusing on the temporary stream for this project. There may come a time when we will want to have permanent resident applications with biometrics provided. That would, of course, help lock in identity. If we do have a history with the global case management system as our system of record, all of that information will be available on the client continuum.
On April 30th, 2012. See this statement in context.