Patent ID: 7975914

Claim:
An apparatus comprising of: (a) a reusable immigration customs visa card, which includes an electronic data card configured for storing a passport holder's temporary passport information that may be erased for reissue of the immigration customs visa card to another passport holder and wherein said immigration customs visa card is configured for being accessed by a passport card application program executable on a computer; (b) said immigration customs visa card configured for receiving, through said passport card application program, a selection of said passport information from a passport reader or computer when issued by an authorized institution; (c) said immigration customs visa card configured for automatically providing at least one of said selection of said passport information stored thereon in response to a request for said at least one of said selection of said passport information when read by a passport reader; and (d) a microprocessor configured for automatically generating an electronic alarm signal that is transmitted remotely to an authorized institution when said immigration customs visa card is tampered with.