thursday 1 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 sheeeet, I got a fake one from London. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric_passport Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 phew... wipes brow... Just checked, got mine in 2005. Panic over. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Which was valid till December 31 2006. Like my old one. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 nope. 10 years Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Better check it with the UK embassy. The old ones without the chip that were issued before 2006, even if they expire in 2015, they were valid only till December 31 2006. There was a six months period from July to December 2006 to apply and get a new biometric passport. So even if you got a passport issued in December 31 2005 that expires in December 31 2015, it was most probably valid only till December 31 2006. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 tsonda : http://www.passport.gov.uk/general_biometrics_exchange.asp no wonder I could go to Hokkiado in Dec and leave in Jan. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 It’s a bit different than Greece. It depends on the country I guess. Still, that doesn’t change the fact that you got it issued in a pub! Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Man they finger print you for everything anyways so I dont care. My office gets jobbed finger print everyone get into an accident finger print everyone School gets jobbed finger print everyone Sign insurance forms finger print the family That said no cop is going to find you cause the finger prints arent in a data base. The bloody things are on paper how Starsky and Hutch is that! Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Totally. But I think this new system at the airports will likely be put into a computerized database. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 well the hotels I stay at already have copies of my passport, they might as well have my finger. Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 and your photo Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 their security cameras get my finger. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 I don't know how I feel about this.. Being a permanent resident I feel a bit ripped off as we have to go through the whole process of proving that we aren't terrorists and haven't been deported previously. Also the inconvenience of having to split up the family and my wife having to take the kids in her line. I'll be giving my best "hai cheezu" pose I can give when it comes to piccy time. When I compare how my wife is treated as a permanent resident in OZ and she doesn't even live there yet... we get a bad deal. It's only going to affect me once anyway as after I caome back at Xmas, will only be leaving and won't be coming back in a hurry. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Indo I hear ya, but did you read that email from my Irish mate that I posted above?? He got a much worse deal than this minor inconvenience. It's just really a non-event in my opinion. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Yeah I read what ya mate wrote. It's happened to myself and friends even in Australia. But they don't make everyone do it. Doesn't really bother me, and won't really know if it does until I experience it myself. Hopefully it will be efficient and hassle free. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 It could be a bit of a mixed blessing as the print is stored in the chip, the computer can verifiy the print with your finger through the reader. We have automatic gates, insert ID card, place thumb on reader, gates open, away you go. No ugly sour puss, “I hate my job, I hate you” immigration jerk to interact with. Link to post Share on other sites
Domokun_72dpi 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Man, I always get fingerprinted. God knows why, isn't my passport photo enough? Um, should this go in a spoiler with a warning? Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 the fed's are on their way to confirm your story! Link to post Share on other sites
Domokun_72dpi 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 lol. Actually, you know how "spiders" index & search web pages, do you think the FBI have created "spiders" to search & scan websites with photo recognition software to look for criminals? Suddently, I am becming paranoid. Not that I have done wrong, but that technology is getting so advanced, information is becoming dangerous. And to comment on Fattwins statement of fingerprints still being on paper, thats crazy!, you think why would they bother then? Very strange. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 yeah, i had the ssss on my ticket and got the bomb residue scan. There were some middle eastern dudes going to Yemen in front of me and they got hassled big time. As long as it's fast & efficient & they don't find the undeclared steepandcheap boxes in my bag they I don't mind I got fingerprinted & photographed in the states. It's not bad but it's such a waste of time. we lost an hour in that lineup. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 ahem, fed guys, we don't know this Domom 72 stranger, OK. Link to post Share on other sites
Domokun_72dpi 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Originally Posted By: thursday ahem, fed guys, we don't know this Domom 72 stranger, OK. Aaaw thanks Thurday, i thought we were "bro's for life!". Ok, I will pack up my suitcase and move out from your spare bedroom. It's not the fingerprints that are the problem anyhow, it's the a##l-probes. OR so I hear lol Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I don't mind being fingerprinted once and having them keep it on file but but it says here http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071026/wl_nm/japan_fingerprints_dc;_ylt=Aj_Dgf1A7kqsSf2OLxiquPaROrgF "Japan, will require resident foreigners as well as visitors to be fingerprinted and photographed every time they re-enter the country" That's crazy. It means we will have to stand in the foreign immigration line and not the regular Japanese line and wait for hours just to come home. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Yep MJ, The story has changed so many times, yes we ( permanent residents) will be finger printed... No we won't.. Pisses me off that you, I and others in our situation who are married to Japanese with Perm status have to separate from our families to go through this shit. I says that they just don't care about their Peranent residents. They don't want foreigners or people who are not 100% Japanese in this country.. I don't want to live in a country like this so thank god this Xmas will be the last time I come through in a long long time. Link to post Share on other sites
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