The immigration authorities and customs all over the world are facing today very hard work: control people thoroughly to combat international terrorism and still make sure the process goes rapidly. Checking-in people in airports, seaports or border crossings are not an easy task. It is long, tedious and annoying, even more for residents or frequent business travellers.

New ID passports with electronic data are or are in the way to be introduced soon in a lot of countries. Security will be reinforced but control time will increase in proportion with the number of checks
Automated border control lanes upgraded with now accurate identification technologies (fingerprints, iris recognition, etc.) will multiply the access desks and accelerate immigration processing time. Workload is reduced allowing additional scrutiny to be focused were needed. Travellers benefit from fast lanes and can therefore travel comfortably and with a higher sense of security.