Today the Home Office start to collect Bio Metric data from non E.U. nationals.  The pilot scheme will run in Lunar House in Croydon and only open to people who are extending their visa on grounds of marriage and students.  This is the first of a national roll out which will soon apply to all non E.U. Nationals.  Next the E.U. Nationals entering the UK will be required to have facial recognition processing on entry to the UK or use their bio metric Passports. 

All this on the day when the USA have pushed through Bio Metric testing on embarkation fromt he States.  It seems that we are entering a new age when a person will be the travel document.

All of us in Global Visas can see the local issues affecting people in different regions but because of our unique reach we are also starting to see many trends suggesting a single Immigration policy allowing for the mobile classes and the non mobile classes.

With the EU Blue card, Australia immigration and Canadia Immigration policies and tier 12345 in the UK a clear pattern is forming.