Hi Peter,
A slight correction to this:
A British passport is machine-readable when there are two lines of letters,
numbers and chevrons (“<<<<”) printed at the bottom of the personal
information page (page with photograph and personal details).
A barcode is not required. It is OCR'd instead.
Most UK passports nowadays are machine readable.
Steve Norris
Alliance Group
http://www.alliancegroup.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The UK Records Management mailing list
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> Sent: 06 June 2005 14:13
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> Subject: International travel to ARMA conference
>
>
> If you are an international member of ARMA or a international records
> manager who plans on attending the Chicago conference, be
> sure to read
> the following (shamelessly copied from an ARMA International
> Education
> Update)
>
> <snip>
> Travel Information for Our International Members
>
> If you are planning to attend conference this year or travel abroad,
> ARMA would like to call your attention to a new passport requirement
> set forth by the United States Department of Homeland Security.
> Beginning on June 26, travelers visiting from 27 "visa waiver"
> countries will be required to have machine-readable passports
> in order
> to enter the United States. These passports must contain a bar code
> that can be swiped by United States Customs and Border Protection
> officers "to confirm the passport holder's identity quickly
> and obtain
> other information about the holder typically found on a passport's
> inside cover."
>
> A complete list of the visa-waiver countries is available at:
>
> travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html
>
> If your country is listed among the 27 visa waiver countries, please
> confirm with your passport-issuing authority that you have a
> machine-readable passport.
> <snip>
>
> Peter A. Kurilecz
> Richmond, Va
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