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Air America breaking news: "USA to fingerprint ALL visitors!!!"
Chad Irby wrote: In article , AJC wrote: On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 13:57:38 GMT, Chad Irby wrote: ...and even with that, it's still going to be faster than most customs checks in 99% of the countries in the world. You don't get out very much do you? I'm sure *you* don't, if you think US Customs and Immigration is bad, compared to most places. Try any of the African nations, for example. Or Russia. I have never had my finger print or photo taken at Immigration in Russia, have you??? I am not saying there is no reason for the US to do it, only that I haven't seen it done in Russia. |
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Air America breaking news: "USA to fingerprint ALL visitors !!!"
In . com mtravelkay
wrote: Chad Irby wrote: In article , AJC wrote: On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 13:57:38 GMT, Chad Irby wrote: ...and even with that, it's still going to be faster than most customs checks in 99% of the countries in the world. You don't get out very much do you? I'm sure *you* don't, if you think US Customs and Immigration is bad, compared to most places. Try any of the African nations, for example. Or Russia. I have never had my finger print or photo taken at Immigration in Russia, have you??? I am not saying there is no reason for the US to do it, only that I haven't seen it done in Russia. Old habits die hard; they leave the photograph up to the desk clerk at your hotel, and get your fingerprints off the glass in your bathroom. :-) -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN |
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Air America breaking news: "USA to fingerprint ALL visitors !!!"
"Cyrus Afzali" wrote in message
... On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 15:08:54 GMT, "Pete" wrote: If the country in question is part of the US-VISIT program, or whatever it's called, the queues are often much shorter and the screening is done before departure from the country you visited. I just returned from Ireland a few weeks ago and all screening was done in Shannon. The only thing done here was the agricultural questionnaire. That was a few weeks ago, just wait and see what happens in a couple of weeks time ... you can always try to give them the finger, like that AA-pilot at RdJ-GIG a couple of weeks ago ... Anyway, I hope the EU will impose the same regime on US-folks going through our airports and seaports - especially aiming at America's "illegal combatants" as they are shipping their hardware back to the base ... But that's a completely different story,... or is it ??? |
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Air America breaking news: "USA to fingerprint ALL visitors !!!"
"Chad Irby" wrote in message om... In article , "Sjoerd" wrote: That's not true. US immigration queues are amongst the longest in the world. From the number of people, or from the speed of the process? And the funny thing is, the people who are complaining about the US wanting photos and fingerprints to come in are often from countries that already insist on that for their own citizens (like Brazil). No they are not! They are from Europe and from your "ally" the UK, where fingerprints denote one's being a suspected criminal. |
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Air America breaking news: "USA to fingerprint ALL visitors !!!"
"Chad Irby" wrote in message om... In article , "Marie Lewis" wrote: Please note that we all have the rest of the world to visit. Why visit a country which treats us as criminals? On the other hand, you could always visit Spain, and relax on their nice, safe, high-speed trains. Or the ones in France. Indeed, I would prefer to do that, although we, in fact, always travel by car. |
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Air America breaking news: "USA to fingerprint ALL visitors !!!"
"Chad Irby" wrote in message om... In article , Wolfgang Schwanke wrote: Chad Irby wrote in . com: In article , "nobody760" wrote: So the message is visiting the USA is more trouble than its worth so I'll go some place else. Yeah, that two minute fingerprinting and photo is *sooo* hard after a six-hour plane flight... It's not the _time_ it takes which offends people. If people were worried about bureaucratic nosiness, they wouldn't go to most of Europe in the first place. You show your ignorance. |
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Air America breaking news: "USA to fingerprint ALL visitors !!!"
"Chad Irby" wrote in message ... In article , "Lennart Petersen" wrote: 99% ? Interesting. I transferred recently in 6 minutes from International to domestic including security check. Was in Sandefjord Norway. How many transfers international-domestic are done in less 6 minutes in U.S ? You're taking a very unusual example (EU internal transfers), and pretending that it's common worldwide. Now, *that's* interesting. Take a look at the previous post. |
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Air America breaking news: "USA to fingerprint ALL visitors !!!"
On the other hand, you could always visit Spain, and relax on their nice, safe, high-speed trains. Or the ones in France. Still waiting for the high speed trains of USA... PatLB |
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Air America breaking news: "USA to fingerprint ALL visitors !!!"
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"Marie Lewis" wrote: "Chad Irby" wrote in message om... And the funny thing is, the people who are complaining about the US wanting photos and fingerprints to come in are often from countries that already insist on that for their own citizens (like Brazil). No they are not! They are from Europe and from your "ally" the UK, where fingerprints denote one's being a suspected criminal. ....or defending your home from violent criminals gets you put in jail... -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. |
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Air America breaking news: "USA to fingerprint ALL visitors !!!"
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"Marie Lewis" wrote: "Chad Irby" wrote in message If people were worried about bureaucratic nosiness, they wouldn't go to most of Europe in the first place. You show your ignorance. No, I show that *you* apparently don't know anything about your own home country, or how it really compares to the US... -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. |
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