Citizenship Immigration Canada

: How facial recognition is creeping into daily life Citizenship and Immigration Canada told CBC News that digital photos and fingerprints are "the only biometrics data applicants will have to provide" under the government plan for expanded collection of data, according to CBC. Visitors will have to pay $85 to cover the cost of data collection. Biometrics measure a person unique physiological characteristics — including face, iris, retinal veins, fingerprints, voice and hand geometry — to verify identity. Here are some ways that biometrics already touch our lives. For an $85 fee, a visitor fingers are scanned on a glass screen and their digital photo is taken. How it works now The government currently collects the biometric data of foreign nationals from 29 countries and one territory. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.