Tough new visa regimes could be introduced for 11 countries following the first global review of who needs a visa to come to the UK, the Government announced today.

Everyone applying for a UK visa now has their fingerprints checked before their identity is fixed.  So far more than two million sets of fingerprints have been collected with checks flagging up almost 3,000 attempted identity swaps.

The Visa Waiver Test reviewed all non European countries against a set of strict criteria to determine the level of risk they pose to the UK in terms of illegal immigration, crime and security, to help decide where the new regime may be required.

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