System and method for automated border-crossing checks of a personal data recording device, a biometry data recording device, a personal data transmission device, a data storage device, a transit gate (10), an isolation device, a data reading device, an authenticity testing device, a data manipulation testing device, a device for opening of the entrance (12) of transit gate (10), a biometry data recording device, a comparison device, an alarm triggering device, a personal data transmission device and a device for opening the exit of the transit gate (10) and a method for automated border-crossing checks.