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amdg wrote:Hate the idea. It also means I'll have to seperate from my wife when we go through immigration, and that kinda sucks.
So it's index fingers only huh? I'm thinking of ways to f#&k up the process but haven't had any great ideas yet. I was wondering if a really heavy duty sunscreen on your fingers would make it difficult for the machine to read, but I don't know enough about the machine itself yet.
Worst comes to worst - I'm going to cut up my fingerstips so they'll be all nice and scabby.
Hokuto-shinken wrote:Even if you are a PR you will be split up from your family and getting your photo taken and fingers scanned.
Hokuto-shinken wrote:This was on the deibito website, but I hope you are right.
Marvin wrote:Not quite. Permanent residents are exempt, I believe.
Hokuto-shinken wrote:I think most American`s are sort of used to having their fingerprints and mug shot taken.
Kuang_Grade wrote:Well, the US is only fingerprinting foreigners at arrival...Fingerprinting is also required as a part of the application process for citizenship. Outside working for the government/military or being arrested, native born US citizens are unlikely to have ever been fingerprinted.
Personally, I wouldn't be concerned if it was only the J government keeping the fingerprints but I'm resentful of the US getting them for "free" with the fourth amendment being bypassed because the fingerprints are being handed to the US government on a sliver plate by a foreign government.
Mike Oxlong wrote:Use a nice high-grit sandpaper to smooth those ridges & swirls
gboothe wrote:I don't know why this would be. If you are going to stay here for any extended period of time, they will have the same information anyway. This is the day and age of information and they will have it whether we like it or not. Gaijitoroku, insurance, driver's license, etc. You are already on file, so it shouldn't really be a biggy.
Having said that, if you want to be the one to start the anti-movement, I would remind you of the nisei girl (I forget her name, she was from the Yokohama/Kawasaki area) from the US who started the anti-finger print movement. She fought it through the courts for several years and successfully won. She won to the degree that we still get fingerprinted, she was arrested several times, spent some time in the butabako, was eventially expelled from Japan (refused re-entry) and lost her job. But I guess she won.
Countries have the right to set the laws for their citizens and visitors. We can bitch all we want, but we end up following along the dotted line or leave.
I still prefer the non-FG line.
Hokuto-shinken wrote:The purpose of writing this thread was to try and open some people eyes on the new amendment in November and hopeful get more people talking about and maybe to get it withdrawn.
p.s I am very surprised that 33.33% of people (so far) don`t mind giving up their information and all they are really bothered about is using the tourist line.
Hokuto-shinken wrote:The purpose of writing this thread was to try and open some people eyes on the new amendment in November and hopeful get more people talking about and maybe to get it withdrawn.
Mulboyne wrote:(4) An immigration official leaks the data while sharing porn online.
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