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"Travellers hoping to visit the United Kingdom are likely to have to give their fingerprints in future, as officials are working towards introducing biometric visas. The plan to bring in biometric visas comes hard on the heels of the issuing of the first biometric UK passports, which the British Embassies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) first began producing earlier this year. British ministers hope biometric visas will help to curb illegal immigration, which has become a major issue highlighted in the British press. Dates for issuing biometric visas for people applying in the UAE are yet to be announced."