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Biometrics required

A status in which a person is required to provide biometric information for identity verification.

In plain English

This means identity still has to be checked using a person's biological or physical data. The person is under a requirement to provide that information, and that requirement has not yet been satisfied.

In context

Here, it indicates that the person still needs to provide biometric information for identity verification.

Situation
Following passport, visa, residence, border, and immigration-document administration
What it communicates
indicates that biometric submission is still required

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not show whether identity will be confirmed after the information is provided.

Examples

“At the identity check, biometrics were required, and Lena had not yet provided them.”

Core meaning

“The officer noted that biometrics were still required for Joel's identity check.”

In context