What is the Current Schengen Fingerprinting Policy for US Citizens
Jun 11, 2017, 4:26 am
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What is the Current Schengen Fingerprinting Policy for US Citizens
What is the current policy of Schengen ports of entry fingerprinting US citizens? Someone was telling me about how he was fingerprinted at BUD following his flight from Russia. My understanding was that Schengen had not implemented mandatory fingerprinting as of yet for US citizens (they did not seem to do anything other than look at my passport when I flew into MAD last week). Is there a current policy for this? Does it vary by port of entry?
Jun 12, 2017, 2:50 am
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Last time I flew with am American into France (around months ago) they were not finger printed and I don't recall reading about any new rules.
Just out of curiosity what heinous crime are you worried about being caught for?
Just out of curiosity what heinous crime are you worried about being caught for?
Jun 12, 2017, 3:06 am
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What is the current policy of Schengen ports of entry fingerprinting US citizens? Someone was telling me about how he was fingerprinted at BUD following his flight from Russia. My understanding was that Schengen had not implemented mandatory fingerprinting as of yet for US citizens (they did not seem to do anything other than look at my passport when I flew into MAD last week). Is there a current policy for this? Does it vary by port of entry?
BUD may have some concerns about people coming into the country fraudulently using real passports from countries whose citizens generally don't require a visa to enter the Schengen area. That and/or they may have just defaulted to asking for fingerprints when seeing a passport with a non-burgundy/red color at a given time. Usually this is not the norm for US passport holders entering the Schengen area.