US Customs chooses Rochford Thompson Passport Reader

US Customs has supplied the RTE 6701 passport reader "on indefinite loan-free of charge" to major airlines as part of its Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) program. APIS provides:

• Biographical information on US bound passengers in advance of their arrival.

• Federal Inspection agencies with assistance in processing passengers.

• Improved customer service.

Rochford Thompson is the number one supplier of passport readers to the world's airlines. The company's multi-function passport reader is the most advanced product of its kind in the world. It is able to read airline tickets, frequent flyer cards and credit cards, as well as passports, visas and cross-border travel cards.

Rochford Thompson passport readers are already proven in use with Britain's Immigration Service and many of the world's leading international airlines. The readers have won praise for their ease of use and the way they have helped to speed up the control at ports of entry, while enabling better detection of intending illegal entrants.

July 1998