China to fingerprint foreign visitors 14-70 by end of 2017
Feb 9, 2017, 3:52 pm
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Fingerprinting Coming to Chinese Borders
China is to start fingerprinting foreigners on arrival:
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/polic...entry-new-rule
(At Luohu there's a new turnstyle after passport control for scanning visas; perhaps a fingerprint scanner will be added.)
Let it not be forgotten why Americans can not get visas on arrival in China, such as the five-day Shenzhen visa at Luohu: because the Chinese government blocked those visas for Americans in 2004 in a fit of pique over America fingerprinting visa applicants.
http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2004/0408/fo7-1.html
Any bets on how soon China will rescind those restrictions? All on the basis of reciprocity, of course.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/polic...entry-new-rule
(At Luohu there's a new turnstyle after passport control for scanning visas; perhaps a fingerprint scanner will be added.)
Let it not be forgotten why Americans can not get visas on arrival in China, such as the five-day Shenzhen visa at Luohu: because the Chinese government blocked those visas for Americans in 2004 in a fit of pique over America fingerprinting visa applicants.
http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2004/0408/fo7-1.html
Any bets on how soon China will rescind those restrictions? All on the basis of reciprocity, of course.
Feb 9, 2017, 8:40 pm
#3
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Can't imagine kiosk style immigration coming any time soon
Feb 9, 2017, 8:50 pm
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Are we talking about the same thing?
I'm talking about a set of turnstyles installed in the past few weeks at Luohu, right behind the immigration desks. There were no signs up as to the procedure, but the fellow standing there took my passport and -- I'm pretty sure -- turned to the visa page, put it down on a scanner plate on the turnstyle, a light flashed as the page was photographed, and I passed through the turnstyle. Nothing to be inserted: just put the page on the scanner.
(These aren't a substitute for passport control, but a second check.)
I'm talking about a set of turnstyles installed in the past few weeks at Luohu, right behind the immigration desks. There were no signs up as to the procedure, but the fellow standing there took my passport and -- I'm pretty sure -- turned to the visa page, put it down on a scanner plate on the turnstyle, a light flashed as the page was photographed, and I passed through the turnstyle. Nothing to be inserted: just put the page on the scanner.
(These aren't a substitute for passport control, but a second check.)
Feb 9, 2017, 9:21 pm
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Are we talking about the same thing?
I'm talking about a set of turnstyles installed in the past few weeks at Luohu, right behind the immigration desks. There were no signs up as to the procedure, but the fellow standing there took my passport and -- I'm pretty sure -- turned to the visa page, put it down on a scanner plate on the turnstyle, a light flashed as the page was photographed, and I passed through the turnstyle. Nothing to be inserted: just put the page on the scanner.
(These aren't a substitute for passport control, but a second check.)
I'm talking about a set of turnstyles installed in the past few weeks at Luohu, right behind the immigration desks. There were no signs up as to the procedure, but the fellow standing there took my passport and -- I'm pretty sure -- turned to the visa page, put it down on a scanner plate on the turnstyle, a light flashed as the page was photographed, and I passed through the turnstyle. Nothing to be inserted: just put the page on the scanner.
(These aren't a substitute for passport control, but a second check.)
And I remember the passport page was indeed scanned because I was afraid my passport would break (again) in the process of bending it like that. The scanner has some sort of "cover", which the passport slides under but doesn't fit the hardcover style passports. If you have a HK, CN or US passport you wouldn't have that problem.
Feb 9, 2017, 10:14 pm
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Feb 10, 2017, 8:36 am
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Feb 10, 2017, 11:44 am
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Some countries' biometric passports contain fingerprint data. So
could enhance identity verification by fingerprinting upon entry. US
passports don't contain that data.
could enhance identity verification by fingerprinting upon entry. US
passports don't contain that data.
Feb 10, 2017, 12:57 pm
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Feb 10, 2017, 3:47 pm
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I don't know the reason for Mainland China, but probably to track people entering and exiting and for public security reasons too.
Feb 10, 2017, 4:10 pm
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When those fingerprints come up as a match for the guy who was suspected of dirty deeds last year. Same as all the license scofflaws that have been caught by facial recognition at the DMV.