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  1. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    Plus they took a sample for drug and alcohol testing :)
     
    geoffw, 11th Dec, 2019
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    :rolleyes:
     
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    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    Looking as innocent as an angel.
     
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    1. Does not surprise me at all given the country's background. Heck, even Japan does it at first entry. FWIW I've had a friend visit a well known 5 star Vietnamese resort and she told me all her family had to be face scanned.
     
    willister, 28th Dec, 2019
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  5. mikey7

    mikey7 Well-Known Member

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    We went to Japan this year in Feb/Mar for a few weeks and didn't get fingerprinted
     
    mikey7, 29th Dec, 2019
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  6. Toon

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    We went to Japan & China in 2018. We weren't fingerprinted in Japan but we were in China. Due to miscommunication, I put my left hand on the scanner when they wanted my partner's left hand. Instead of redoing it, they just continued and scanned his right hand. So his file will have my left hand and his right hand. I was worried it would cause issues when we tried to depart but they didn't check fingerprints on the way out. The way things are currently, I can't see us going back to China, so hopefully we never have to try and explain the mix-up.
     
    Toon, 29th Dec, 2019
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  7. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    Wow.

    Index fingers at immigration?
     
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    @Toon there is a Chinese student/agent here, enrolled in UTS and living in a squalid one bedroom shared Pyrmont apartment, who is now investigating your file lol. Beware of anyone trying to give you two handed "high fives".
     
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  9. mikey7

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    I'm wrong. My wife reminded me of the little trolley things they had in the customs queues. They fingerprint really quickly and check you with thermal cameras before you get to the customs officers to check for illnesses and criminal history. Completely forgot about that.
     
    mikey7, 31st Dec, 2019
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    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    Ah yes the thermal cameras, any 'hot' people are picked out.
     
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    What if you wear ice packs around your chest? Might not get picked. One of datto's top hacks when getting checked out.
     
    datto, 1st Jan, 2020
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    KinG3o0o Well-Known Member

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    correct me if i am wrong, your passport chip already have your finger print ?
     
    KinG3o0o, 4th Jan, 2020
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  13. ChrisP73

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    US has been finger and face scanning at immigration for years, why wouldn't other countries be doing it too
     
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    Did your australian passport application include fingerprinting?
     
    Trainee, 4th Jan, 2020
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    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    New system coming in China too, you will have to spit in a tube at immigration. You can get some more social points if you don't miss the tube too.
     
    Terry_w, 4th Jan, 2020
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  16. KinG3o0o

    KinG3o0o Well-Known Member

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    i am not australian
     
    KinG3o0o, 6th Jan, 2020
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  17. mikey7

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    I don't see how it could - I didn't provide my prints to get my passport.
    I've only done fingerprints for criminal checks and to become a citizen (which I believe is a criminal check anyways).
     
    mikey7, 6th Jan, 2020
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  18. KinG3o0o

    KinG3o0o Well-Known Member

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    means there isnt...
     
    KinG3o0o, 7th Jan, 2020
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