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Biometrics enrolled

Biometrics enrolled is the status in which a person’s biometric data has been captured and registered for later identity verification.

In plain English

This status means a person’s body-based identity data has already been taken and entered into a record. It is stored there so it can be used later to check that the person is who they claim to be.

In context

Here, it reports that the person’s biometric data has been captured and registered for later identity verification.

Situation
Following passport, visa, residence, border, and immigration-document administration
What it communicates
reports that biometric data was captured and recorded

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not show that identity verification has already happened or what any later outcome will be.

Examples

“After staff added her biometric data to the record, her application changed to Biometrics enrolled before any identity check took place.”

Core meaning

“When the family arrived at the desk, both children were already listed as Biometrics enrolled.”

In context