U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Carnival Cruise Line have introduced that the Port of Jacksonville in Florida is the newest cruise port to replace its debarkation course of with the launch of facial biometric comparability expertise for closed-loop cruises.
“CBP and Carnival are innovating the cruise debarkation process through the use of facial biometrics to provide travelers a secure, touchless process to verify identity while enhancing the customer experience, said Vernon Foret, CBP’s Director of Field Operations for the Miami and Tampa Field Office. “In addition, CBP and our cruise partners are expanding data sharing agreements to further strengthen the maritime environment.”
Upon debarkation, passengers pause for a photograph that’s then in comparison with their present passport or visa picture within the Department of Homeland Security database. This enhanced facial biometrics course of verifies the traveler’s identification inside two seconds. After a confirmed match, friends can accumulate their luggage and proceed via inspections and exit the terminal.
U.S. vacationers and choose overseas nationals can choose out of the facial biometrics course of and request a handbook doc examine from a CBP officer, in step with present necessities for admission into the U.S.
Currently this expertise is offered at 17 seaports throughout the United States, and has been efficiently used to course of arriving passengers on cruise ships in Florida, New Jersey, New York City, Texas, California, Washington, Louisiana, Alabama, Maryland, and Puerto Rico.
Over 276 million vacationers have participated within the facial biometrics comparability course of at air, land, and seaports of entry.
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