New locations added to visitor tracking program
Pilot program will expand from two to 15 airports and seaports by September 2004.
Foreign visitors leaving the United States will be required to comply with new biometric exit procedures at 13 new locations, as directed by the Homeland Security Department.
The U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator System, or US-VISIT, pilot program will expand from two to 15 airports and seaports by September 2004. Airports in Atlanta; Dallas; Detroit; Newark, N.J.; Philadelphia and Seattle are among the select group.
Visitors will be required to check out at an automated exit kiosk or with an exit attendant at the gate, at which point the visitor's two index fingers will be digitally scanned and provided with a printed receipt of check out.
The program was launched in January 2004, with biometric entry capabilities deployed at 115 airports and 14 seaports, according to the department. Millions of foreign visitors have been processed under the new system.