I don't know if my info is still current (and I did not read the article), but the last time I went to the US (early this year) my H1B was no longer in effect (I quit microsoft last year, and H1B visas are tied to employer), and I did not get fingerprinted. However they had a camera and fingerprinting equipment, and notice saying that if you _did_ have H1B and other such temporary US visa documents you would be photographed and fingerprinted. Adam On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 10:18:24PM +1300, Peter Gutmann wrote:
"R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> writes:
NEWARK, Sept. 30 - Laetitia Bohn walked into Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday, dazed and sleepy after an eight-hour flight from Paris, and was jolted from her reverie when an immigration officer asked for her photograph and fingerprints along with her passport.
The US now has the dubious distinction of being more obnoxious to get through the borders than the former East Germany (actually even without this measure, the checks had become at least as obnoxious as the East German ones). I wonder whether the next step will be building a wall...
Peter (who'll be thinking really hard about any future conference trips to the US).