Biometrics and data sharing

Kathrine Qvenild

A handshake to remember

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A joint effort – 2017 to 2018

• The Norwegian Police

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• The Directorate of Immigration

• € 5.65 million

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4 Photo: Liv Berg

Biometrics on all applications

• Residence permits

- fingerprints from the age of 6

• Schengen Visa

- fingerprints from the age of 12

• Protection (asylum)

- fingerprints from the age of 14

• § 100 Immigration Act

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Locking the Identity in Norway

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Service for the applicant?

• Reuse of saved biometrics

• Less need for several attendances?

• Privacy?

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Cooperation

• Reuse of the police's new solution for

Norwegian passports and national ID

cards

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Architecture

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UDI Passport/

ID card

NORVIS/

DUF

Services

Case Management

Data base

Passport/

ID card

Police

ABIS

Police

Third line

Police

SIS New

producer Lost/

stolen

ELYS Certificates Queue

management?

Equipment

Modernisation programme

• Established in January 2017

• Collection of projects

• Restructuring of Data Base

• Focus on asylum flow

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Benefits for others?

• «Unik» together with the Norwegian

Police, the National Register (at the

Norwegian Tax Administration)

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Thank you!

kaq@udi.no +47 94 31 83 15

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www.udi.no

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