Canadian citizens to be photographed when entering and exiting the U.S., new regulations state
Canadian citizens to be photographed when entering and exiting the U.S., new regulations state
Why would anybody want to visit a shit hole country that is hostile and doesn't want you there?
Family.
Well, I'm sure that'll really help with declining visitor volumes. /s
I’ve said it to my wife and I’ll say it again. I will never step foot on American soil ever again. They will never see a single one of my dollars to their tourism industry.
They are a fascist dictatorship and while there are places in the U.S. I’d still like to see, I’ll happily take myself and my family to better more interesting places.
Amagaca is rotten and rancid.
america has always been rotten and rancid, this is just the breaking point for most people, and the people who live in canada that simp living in the USA are finally coming out of the woodwork.
HA HA. Like I'm ever stepping foot in that shithole again.
I'll stand at the border and they can take a picture of my ass.
ill one up you, ive hated the USA since i was a kid, and never will visit in my life.
Pretty sure this is what the EU is also introducing, instead of passport stamps and border agents.
It's 1 person sitting in a booth verifying 8+ automatic passport and "person scanner" (ie, takes a photo and fingerprints of you). Matches entries and exits to the Schengen zone. They approve you, and you pass through the gate.
Not sure about the "retention" aspect, tho. Certainly retained for the 90 days in a 180 day period thing. Beyond that? I dunno.
But any border control zone is going to have CCTV which will have its own image retention policy.
I have a feeling the whole retention thing is gonna fly out the window once they start feeding it to the ai models for “training” purposes.
Might just be my pessimistic ass tho.
The worst things you can imagine them doing in the future have already been planned and approved.
It isn't pessimistic.
The world is completely fucked right now.
Getting a visa is different than basically getting a mugshot taken to go shop at Target.
Not for a tourist visa. That's just target with a "you have 4 hours to shop".
I'll be honest, I don't get the shopping at target mugshot reference thing.
Any country you visit will stamp your passport on entry and exit.
The EU is in the process of automating that by taking biometrics and foregoing the passport stamps (https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/travel-europe-european-entryexit-system-ees_en so far, it's automated gates with a passport scanner, a mugshot and fingerprints)
Sounds like the US is as well
This is been what the US was I think already doing. You were able to opt out though but it requires a more thorough examination and shit. Now not so much.
So what they have been doing already, just instead of claiming to delete the photo after they confirm your identity or whatever the line was they will just keep it.
Let's help the Americans out and close the border it seems they want that.
I remember before I was a naturalized Canadian citizen and I had to go through the US border for visiting family or doing some minor business, they would interrogate me and fingerprint me all the time (they probably have my fingerprints in a database). That sucked. But I never went through any searches until recently, and it fucking sucks. I have family in the US that I cannot visit now because I feel like something really bad will happen to me with ICE if I go.
Soon every immigrant will have to start carrying a Kennkarte.
We have to do this in almost every other country.
Your phone sometimes does that already
And yet they’re wondering why Canadians aren’t visiting the US anymore 🙄
I am wondering why Canadians are still travelling to that shithole.
This ^^