Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:18:19 -0700 From: don morrison <dmorrisn@u.washington.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, lcremean@tidalwave.net, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...) Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980616221819.00811210@dmorrisn.deskmail.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980616181307.09604@papillon.lemis.com> References: <980616221213.ZM10797@darkstar.connect.com> <199806131959.QAA25251@roma.coe.ufrj.br> <19980613174107.42635@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net> <19980615125757.61980@papillon.lemis.com> <grog@lemis.com> <980616221213.ZM10797@darkstar.connect.com>
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Well, I can think of one other country which a bit nasty with foreigners. In Japan, I hear, if you're a foreign resident you must be fingerprinted and carry your fingerprinted identification with you at all times. Also, it takes a foreign merchant about two to three days to get goods checked through customs while in the U.S. it can take as little as a half hour...The first piece of information I heard from a personal account, the second from a newspaper; can anyone tell me if these pieces of information are incorrect? (I don't want to offend anyone from Japan here...) >The US is particularly unusual in its treatment of foreigners. I >haven't seen questions or waivers like this in any other country. The >INS people also seem to have been trained to be nasty, a trait shared >only by the English immigration people. In Europe, you usually don't >need a visa, and any inspection is pretty cursory. In Asia, you will >need a landing card which concentrates normally on things they could >more easily get out of your passport. In some countries you'll need a >visa (Australia is one of them), but most don't worry any more. China >and India still need visas, and some people (including Australians, >but excluding US citizens) need a visa for Japan. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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