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RandomLensmanyesterday at 1:23 PM4 repliesview on HN

EU passports do.


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raframyesterday at 1:34 PM

Not those issued in Denmark or Ireland, apparently [1], though I see other sources saying Denmark does fingerprint now. Most countries don't fingerprint children.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passports_of_the_European_Unio...

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prmoustacheyesterday at 2:32 PM

new ones yes but mine is still valid for the next 2.5 years and doesn't.

When passports are valid for 10 years there is always a bit of inertia.

ninalanyonyesterday at 5:13 PM

How do they manage that? Do you have to visit a government office to get a passport? I only have a UK passport and it definitely does not include my finger prints as it was obtained by post.

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mothballedyesterday at 1:27 PM

The average US border official is a (angry) moron (with a badge and a gun). They've literally fingerprinted me on entry with a US passport because they were too stupid to figure out US citizens don't have to do that. I have been interrogated by CBP to ask if I "work in the country" despite being a citizen. Anything that changes the process from the simplest one-size-fits all will be fucked up, they cannot differentiate the process between foreigner and citizen let alone EU vs some other place.

Edit: Every time I share my border stories I get accused of lying or having done something wrong. I have much much crazier ones. No one believes it until it happens to them. Count yourself lucky if you've never been strip searched or imprisoned by these psychopaths, any belief they are reasonable are formed because you were lucky and have a naïve sort of optimism that if you do everything right it won't happen to you.

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