Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was fingerprinted and photographed on re-entry into the U.S. last week. It wasn't a hassle. The photograph was taken by something that looked liked one of those videocams that you can buy at CircuitCity for $30 (with a $30 rebate) and the fingerprint was a digital fingerprint (inkless system) of my left and right index fingers. Everyone was polite and it was minimal hassle. They're only photoing/fingerpinting people who need visas to re-enter. I'm on a H1B visa so that's why I had to get it. Most Japanese and European tourists on the 90-day visa waiver don't need to go through it. People who looked like they came from the middle east were apparently all being taken into a separate room, from what I could tell. Karen -- Karen Nakamura http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/