3M [MMM] has delivered to participating nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) a border security program called CARIPASS, which it says is the first multilateral border crossing program in the world. CARIPASS is a voluntary travel card program that provides secure and simple border crossings for citizens and legal residents of 10 CARICOM nations. To participate, eligible travelers pre-enroll at local immigration or designated offices and have a facial image and two fingerprint images captured. Users are issued a 2D barcode which they can use to electronically process through self-service border crossing gates that are connected to the system’s user database. After matching the user’s biometric data with that on the card, the gates open, allowing travelers to pass through. The gate prints a receipt for the traveler to document his or her valid entry. 3M also says that a key component to the solution it its new electronic immigration gate, the 3M Autogate, allowing CARICOM to focus its immigration resources on higher risk travelers, while low risk travelers who are CARIPASS holders benefit from faster and more convenient processing.