Clients travelling to the United States after 01 APRIL  2016 will need to hold a passport with an integrated chip. For security reasons this holds all of your personal information, as stated on the passport, but in digital format. If your passport does not have this feature then you will need to renew the passport before your departure date. The Passport Office will add up to 9 months of any unexpired time and you can recognise the chip by a gold symbol, resembling a camera, on the bottom of the front cover of the passport.