RFID Biometric Passport

Non-Immigrant Visas - Biometric Passport

... "These passports feature an RFID chip, or Radio Frequency Identification chip, which can store and retrieve data using RFID tags/transporters. It is a small chip that is incorporated into the new passports of the 188 member countries of the new program. In accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organization, it provides for a more secure, faster, way of traveling with a passport that allows the customs agent to bring up, electronically, your personal data (the information that is found inside of today's passports). " ...