The department’s new strategy directs that over the next five years, all of its services must be fully automated, digitised and offered online.
In the week marking the Government of National Unity’s first 100 days in office, home affairs minister Dr Leon Schreiber announced a new five-year strategic vision to turn home affairs into a digital-first department during the 2024-2029 term of office.
It explains that the application will then be processed through an automated risk engine that only requires human intervention in cases where anomalies are detected. All other cases will be processed automatically, digitally and securely. As part of the ETA application process, travellers will be required to provide their biometrics to home affairs.
Using the same biometric technology that already secures smartphones, online banking and other critical platforms, the automated risk engine must be able to identify and prevent attempts of identity fraud, it states. This will make it impossible for travellers who overstay to evade detection, while providing biometric information on all foreigners in the country to enable instant verification of their status.
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