How to acquire a TWIC Card ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: TWIC ENROLLMENT CENTER ===================== New York/New Jersey TWIC Enrollment Center 532 Raymond Blvd Newark, NJ 07105-3724 Hours: Monday - Friday: Time: 8AM - 4PM ==================== What is a TWIC card ? The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (or TWIC) program is a Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Coast Guard initiative in the United States. The TWIC program provides a tamper-resistant biometric credential to maritime workers requiring unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities, outer continental shelf facilities, and vessels regulated under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, or MTSA, and all U.S. Coast Guard credentialed merchant mariners. An estimated 750,000 individuals will require TWICs. Those seeking unescorted access to secure areas aboard affected vessels, and all Coast Guard credentialed merchant mariners, must obtain a TWIC. The new measures were fully implemented on April 15, 2009.[1] To obtain a TWIC, an individual must provide biographic and biometric information such as fingerprints, sit for a digital photograph and successfully pass a security threat assessment conducted by TSA. The issued card (pictured right) contains computer chip, known as an Integrated Circuit Chip (ICC), which stores the holders information and biometric data. The chip can be read by inserting it into a reader or holding it near a contactless reader. There are also a magnetic strip (similar to a credit card) and a linear barcode on the back as alternative reading methods.[2] https://universalenroll.dhs.gov/servicecode/111111
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