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Jacques is in for a world of hurt when he next travels abroad. To my knowledge, it's ONLY the U.S. that finger-prints foreigners. Jacques is Dutch, and all he

by mahmud 16y ago

Jacques is in for a world of hurt when he next travels abroad. To my knowledge, it's ONLY the U.S. that finger-prints foreigners. Jacques is Dutch, and all he has to do to avoid "a world of hurt" is to not come to the U.S.

iuguy 16y ago
Not true, there are plenty of countries that you get fingerprinted in. I get printed when I go to Saudi Arabia, for example.
- burgerbrain 16y ago
  Many countries have taken to printing Americans, only because their citizens get printed by America.
  - iuguy 16y ago
    At least according to Americans :) I get fingerprinted all the time and I'm not American. Maybe I just look shifty.
WildUtah 16y ago
To my knowledge, it's ONLY the U.S. that finger-prints foreigners Japan and the USA, I'm pretty sure. And this system would only catch nationals of the country in question being fingerprinted upon re-entering that country.
- po 16y ago
  Yeah and it doesn't work very well: http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/deported-s-korean-woman-passed-through-japans-biometric-immigration-screening http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/deported-s-... This woman snuck back in a few times after being deported by using "special tape." I really wonder how special the tape is. On the other hand: 846 foreign nationals were refused entry So, I doubt they will ever get rid of the program.
  - Luc 16y ago
    > I really wonder how special the tape is. There's some blister plasters that are very thin and transparent. Herpes plasters for around the mouth are quite hard to spot (though with a picture as blurry as in this article you would expect them to be): http://www.primped.com.au/blogs/zoes-blog/if-you-get-cold-sores-then-you-must-by-law-read-this http://www.primped.com.au/blogs/zoes-blog/if-you-get-cold-so...
yeahsure 16y ago
I used to work for immigration (IT dept) in my country - in South America. There where always plans to start finger-printing foreigners, though nothing has been done to this day. As far as I know, there's not a single country in South America that finger-prints tourists. I believe Brazil does finger print US citizens though, but that was only after the US started finger printing them.

by mahmud 16y ago

iuguy 16y ago

Not true, there are plenty of countries that you get fingerprinted in. I get printed when I go to Saudi Arabia, for example.

burgerbrain 16y ago
Many countries have taken to printing Americans, only because their citizens get printed by America.
- iuguy 16y ago
  At least according to Americans :) I get fingerprinted all the time and I'm not American. Maybe I just look shifty.

WildUtah 16y ago

To my knowledge, it's ONLY the U.S. that finger-prints foreigners Japan and the USA, I'm pretty sure. And this system would only catch nationals of the country in question being fingerprinted upon re-entering that country.

po 16y ago
Yeah and it doesn't work very well: http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/deported-s-korean-woman-passed-through-japans-biometric-immigration-screening http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/deported-s-... This woman snuck back in a few times after being deported by using "special tape." I really wonder how special the tape is. On the other hand: 846 foreign nationals were refused entry So, I doubt they will ever get rid of the program.
- Luc 16y ago
  > I really wonder how special the tape is. There's some blister plasters that are very thin and transparent. Herpes plasters for around the mouth are quite hard to spot (though with a picture as blurry as in this article you would expect them to be): http://www.primped.com.au/blogs/zoes-blog/if-you-get-cold-sores-then-you-must-by-law-read-this http://www.primped.com.au/blogs/zoes-blog/if-you-get-cold-so...

yeahsure 16y ago

I used to work for immigration (IT dept) in my country - in South America. There where always plans to start finger-printing foreigners, though nothing has been done to this day. As far as I know, there's not a single country in South America that finger-prints tourists. I believe Brazil does finger print US citizens though, but that was only after the US started finger printing them.