Federal Act on Foreign Nationals and Integration

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Art. 102a Biometric data for identity cards

1The com­pet­ent au­thor­ity may save and store the bio­met­ric data re­quired for the is­sue of the for­eign na­tion­al iden­tity cards.

2The task of re­cord­ing bio­met­ric data and for­ward­ing iden­tity card data to the is­su­ing body may be del­eg­ated wholly or in part to third parties.2

3The com­pet­ent au­thor­ity may pro­cess bio­met­ric data already re­cor­ded in ZEMIS in or­der to is­sue or re­new a travel doc­u­ment.3

4The bio­met­ric data re­quired for the is­sue of an iden­tity card shall be up­dated every five years. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may spe­cify a short­er peri­od for the up­dat­ing of data if this is re­quired due to changes in the fa­cial fea­tures of the per­son con­cerned.4

1 In­ser­ted by Art. 2 No I of the FD of 18 June 2010 (De­vel­op­ment of the Schen­gen Ac­quis and In­tro­duc­tion of Bio­met­ric Data in­to For­eign Na­tion­al Iden­tity Cards), in force since 24 Jan. 2011 (AS 2011 175; BBl 2010 51).
2 Amended by No I of the FA of 14 Dec. 2018 (Pro­ced­ur­al Reg­u­la­tions and In­form­a­tion Sys­tems), in force since 1 June 2019 (AS 2019 1413; BBl 2018 1685).
3 Amended by No I of the FA of 14 Dec. 2018 (Pro­ced­ur­al Reg­u­la­tions and In­form­a­tion Sys­tems), in force since 1 June 2019 (AS 2019 1413; BBl 2018 1685).
4 In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 14 Dec. 2018 (Pro­ced­ur­al Reg­u­la­tions and In­form­a­tion Sys­tems), in force since 1 June 2019 (AS 2019 1413; BBl 2018 1685).

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