HID Global, the identity card and access control product company has received a follow-on order for the manufacture and supply of US government Permanent Resident Cards.
Also known as “Green Cards,” they are issued to all legal foreign residents of the United States under the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) border security programme. More than three million multi-technology HID Global eID cards have been issued as Green Cards, in addition to more than 30 million of the company’s first-generation Green Cards that have been issued since 1997. During its 15 years of use, the card’s digital security has never been compromised.
Kevin McKenna, vice president of sales for Government ID Solutions, Americas, with HID Global, said: “The proven security of our multi-technology eID cards contributes directly to the overall security of US immigration and border control. We are proud of our contribution to homeland security through both generations of Green Cards, which are among the most physically secure and counterfeit-resistant, machine-readable IDs ever issued.”
The US firm says that governments worldwide are moving from traditional national IDs to more secure eIDs. Launched in mid-2010, the re-designed, new-generation U.S. Green Card was the world’s first ID card to combine HID’s LaserCard optical security media (OSM) technology and an embedded RFID tag with other advanced security features. Customised for USCIS, the optical security media provides visual security in an era when 90 per cent of eIDs are still authenticated by the human eye. The RFID tag was incorporated to accelerate legitimate passage at US land borders.
HID Global has made more than 100 million product shipments worldwide.
