Damaged fingerprint - an issue or not?
Jan 9, 2015, 1:49 pm
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Damaged fingerprint - an issue or not?
I'm hesitant if I am posting in wrong place...
Due to a minor accident I have damaged my fingers so that I will not reproduce proper fingerprints. Given some not-so-kind experiences of giving fingerprints, should I be worried if I am not able to reproduce my fingerprints where I am requested? I do have biometric passport anyway.
Due to a minor accident I have damaged my fingers so that I will not reproduce proper fingerprints. Given some not-so-kind experiences of giving fingerprints, should I be worried if I am not able to reproduce my fingerprints where I am requested? I do have biometric passport anyway.
Jan 12, 2015, 4:53 am
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I just wonder then what the h is the point of scanning those...
Jan 14, 2015, 10:01 pm
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If it's the index, you can usually choose a secondary finger or fingers for biometrics (there are allowances for this in almost all, just as if someone was missing fingers).
Jan 20, 2015, 2:38 am
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My friend's thumbprint has been eroded by lab chemicals and is no longer recognized by the HKID chip reader.
The idiots in Wan Chai said that thumbprints can never change so it must that the chip in the card has failed. They made him pay for a new card, without re-recording his thumbprint, so it still doesn't work.
However, going to a human is usually faster, except that they are trained to ask you one question only: "What is your name?"
The problem for him is that one of the characters in his name has an unusual pronunciation, so the grunts don't know how to read it, despite an orthographically accurate Romanisation (for English speakers) being given on the card.
The idiots in Wan Chai said that thumbprints can never change so it must that the chip in the card has failed. They made him pay for a new card, without re-recording his thumbprint, so it still doesn't work.
However, going to a human is usually faster, except that they are trained to ask you one question only: "What is your name?"
The problem for him is that one of the characters in his name has an unusual pronunciation, so the grunts don't know how to read it, despite an orthographically accurate Romanisation (for English speakers) being given on the card.