V-Flyer

I just got my new passport today after my last one ran out and to my surprise it's nice and biometrical!

I quite like it [:I]

Did you go somehwere to have fingerprint or iris scans then? Where does that happen?

No, I've just been online and according the UK passport office, instead of using fingerprints or iris scans, they measure your facial structure from your passport photo and that information is added put onto the biochip, this is one of the reasons why the photos need to be much more clear than normal.

For instance the chip will have how far apart my eyes are and things which cannot be faked.

Oh Crap! So not only will I look ugly in my passport photo, but now there will be a formula in the chip that confirms the fact!

Basically yes!

Maybe a silly question but what happens a few years down the line when the new passport user enjoys Ben and Jerry's a bit too much?

Your cheecks billow out, you gain three more chins but your skull doesn't expand so your eyes stay the same distance apart ... and you look like this (children's advisory!)

Originally posted by slinky09
... and you look like this (children's advisory!)

LOL.. I thought that show was FOR children. [}:)];) (and I was the only adult who watches it. [:I] )

Its OT - but this series of Dr Who has been truly excellent - last nights was particularly clever!!

Im with you Nick[^][^][^]