New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- New travel and immigration rules for non-US citizens, including Green Card holders, came into effect on December 26, 2025. What changes now?

The rules will allow stricter checks at US borders and boost the use of biometric identification such as photographs, fingerprints, and eye scans. They also bring tougher reviews for green-card holders from certain countries.

As per the rule effective December 26, 2025, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be required to collect biometric data/facial biometrics from all non-US citizens upon entry and exit at airports, land ports, seaports, and other authorised points of departure from the US.

Now on, all non-US citizens will have their photograph taken every time they ...