Citizenship and Immigration committee  I too have probably travelled in 40 or 50 countries, so I empathize with you. In regard to your first question on names, and spelling of names and different interpretation of names, I'm not sure the eTA addresses that. I think that's where biometrics will help you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's where biometrics will help. It's a classic use for biometrics. On the question about acceptance in Asian countries, certainly we've seen that Hong Kong, in automating its borders, was certainly a pioneer in that area. Malaysia, in going to an e-passport, was a pioneer in

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, exactly. I mean, if you travel to Australia frequently, the travel agent does it, or you do it at the airport. It's not a hardship.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do. I did actually look at what information is required for the two, and the U.S. does require more information. They really are looking at the kinds of questions they ask when they travel. They're asking for contact information, travel information, address while in the U.S. Th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that's correct. I was unable to get the exact form.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would think so.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I would understand it, the automatic system would go first. If there were any anomalies, it would go to an officer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The way I understood that was you would have the information provided by the individual, or by the travel agent, or even by the airline. It's interesting, when you look at the Australian example...there are maybe eight countries that allow citizens to actually do it online themse

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, that could be, too. I just heard that earlier.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Little or none.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I was very heartened to hear five years. Australia is one year. The U.S. is two years. And they're all limited by passport duration, so if your passport is going to expire in three years, it would be good. If it were going to expire in six months, then it would be limited to six

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I should have the people who are policy folks respond to that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know of any studies.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When she came into the meeting she didn't know much about face recognition and was concerned. We demonstrated that, first of all, it works. We just said, “Here's the database of the New Zealand passport holders. Let's see if we can find you.” There she was in a few seconds, so sh

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know what the policies are there.