OTTAWA Canada: Treaty

Canada Dept: OTTAWA Canada will soon begin sharing biometric information and other data about visa applicants with the United States which then may provide it to third countries under a new treaty, according to The Chronicle Herald. Canada would have to agree to the disclosure and could place restrictions or conditions on how the information is shared, says the treaty released Thursday and it means the fingerprints and photo of someone who hopes to visit, study or work in Canada could be passed to Washington, which in turn might share them with another country to help verify the person s identity. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.