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NFC First for Cruise Lines

Proving the true identity of guests (and crew) is critical throughout the lifecycle of a guest experience.

This requirement applies to booking, check-in, port embarkation, disembarkation, and physical and electronic border processes.

Manual data entry by guests is error-prone, which leads to costly rework and passenger dissatisfaction. Furthermore, it opens the door to security incidents from fraudulent identity use and border refusals.

An NFC-First approach ensures the most secure, fraud-proof, and efficient identity verification process for passengers and staff alike.

In two simple steps, you can verify any electronic identity document. Easy to use with high conversion, scalable, simple to implement, and more secure than any other technology. 

Learn about the new Advance Passenger Information collection regulations

Joris Lange

Identity Verification Specialist

"Travelling with ReadID speeds up processes without comprimising on security. The quality of scanning ID chips is unmatched."

Joris Lange

Identity Verification Specialist

"Travelling with ReadID speeds up processes without comprimising on security. The quality of scanning ID chips is unmatched."

NFC First for clean API Data

Providing Advance Passenger Information (API) to border agencies has become the norm for all operators, carriers and cruise lines.

This is often supplemented with specific national requirements for manifest details such as the Electronic Notice Of Arrival/Departure (e-NOA/D) for the US.

In addition, some countries require specific document checks for specific nationalities.

Collecting passenger data in the same way a border agency does, using the electronic Machine Readable Travel Document’s NFC chip data, ensures the data you are transmitting to all countries is verified and accurate.

Inverid's ReadID solution utilises what your passengers already have - a smartphone and chipped identity document to remotely verify their identity. This can be easily integrated into your app for a seamless and speedy collection of Advance Passenger Information (API).

ReadID travelling with American passport

NFC First for Seamless Experiences

The travel industry is under increasing pressure from increasing passenger numbers and the demand for fast, seamless and paperless experiences.

This is often exacerbated by a lack of space and infrastructure at ports. As a result, the travel process is being digitised, but there is still room for further benefits for guests and cruise lines.

Through using the NFC chip contents passports, the ICAO-compliant facial image of the guest can be used to automate face matching. Both embarkation and disembarkation rely on secure correct source data to be carried out correctly.

ReadID is used in combination with other technologies such as self-service kiosks and eGates to help build the complete offboard and onboard guest experience around the world.

Questions?

What is ReadID?

ReadID is a remote identity verification solution using ICAO-compliant chipped identity documents and modern smartphones. By scanning the photo page of a document ReadID can read and verify the authenticity of the document's chip, producing error-free data from the document alongside the high-resolution original face image. ReadID is available as a ready-made app for a variety of flows or can be integrated into your app via our SDKs.

Which IDs have biometric chips?

The ICAO Doc 9303 standard is being implemented more and more by different document issuers around the world. Currently, over 170 countries globally use biometric chips in their identity documents.

Check the current overview of countries with biometric chips.

How does ReadID benefit cruise lines?

With happy customers operating in the travel and borders sectors such as the UK EU Settlement Scheme, the UK Electronic Travel Authorisation, Frontex, and EuroStar, Inverid are no strangers to creating seamless travel.

ReadID provides:

Error-free passenger data
Great user experience
Regulatory readiness
Integration with your existing app
Use in onboard and in-port verification
Availability of face matching with document image
Smallest NFC SDK on the market for fast downloads with limited bandwidth

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Jim Slevin

Travel & Borders Expert

ReadID for Cruises

Error-free passenger data
Great user experience
Regulatory readiness
Integration with your existing app
Use in onboard and in-port verification
Availability of face matching with document image
Smallest NFC SDK on the market for fast downloads with limited bandwidth

Your passengers can cruise through the check-in line with the power of NFC identity verification for remote collection of Advance Passenger Information.

Learn more about NFC IDV for travel

EC changes to Advance Passenger Information legislation moves forward

Better travel data collection will contribute to fighting crime more efficiently and help border guards stop illegal crossings.

Insight: Report from EC Conference - Schengen Innovative Technologies

Not only does NFC identity verification make data collection convenient for carriers and passengers, but there is a further value. A remote self-service solution helps spotting fraud-signals in an earlier stage.

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Cruise through the remote IDV flow

Want to try NFC-based identity verification yourself? You can for free with our personal app ReadID Me. Grab your smartphone and chipped identity document and verify your ID with ReadID.

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Want a smooth user-experience, to reduce time and spend on pre-registration, and get up to speed with the latest regulatory requirements? ReadID has got you covered.

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