Hand written Indian visas & passports

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chola

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A different topic for a change

Some 2 months back, I had gotten an Indian visa for my infant daughter. It was quite scary and shocking to see the dudes that were managing the crowd and issuing tokens "write" visas ! The passports issued by the embassy are also hand-written!

For a country that boasts itself as the software hub of the world, we can do better.

Hopefully this will change as more countries start demanding machine readable visas and passports. May be then desis wouldn't have to be finger-printed & profiled in the western world!

chola
 
Chola,

According to CNN, India is one of only 28 countries in the world whose nationals (visitors to US) are not required to be fingerprinted on entry into the US. I'm not sure how true that is.
 
Originally posted by arcdocs
Chola,

According to CNN, India is one of only 28 countries in the world whose nationals (visitors to US) are not required to be fingerprinted on entry into the US. I'm not sure how true that is.
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Not true, beginning today all citizens (except visa waiver countries) have to undergo fingerprinting on arrival and departure. US citizens and GC holders are exempt.
What you heard on CNN was probably regarding registration of visitors from countries with a significant muslim population. Indians were not required to register under that requirement but now all visitors have to get fingerprinted, beginning today.
 
Originally posted by arcdocs
According to CNN, India is one of only 28 countries in the world whose nationals (visitors to US) are not required to be fingerprinted on entry into the US. I'm not sure how true that is.
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It's not. The waiver only applies to countries in the visa waiver program, of which India is NOT a participant. (If you or your parents need a B visa to come to the US, your country isn't a VWP participant).

Please note that the waiver for the 28 countries only applies to visitors for business and tourism. Aliens requesting entry in any other status (except A or G) will need a visa, and then be subject to US-VISIT.

The only broad exemption is for citizens of Canada, who do not require visas for most entries.
 
FP waiver is for only 28 countires which are under 'Visa waiver program' and that too, whose visit duration is less than 90 days only.
 
More details from immigration-law.com

01/05/2004: US-VISIT Regulations Published

Who are covered? As the U.S. government started enforcing this program today, it published two regulations: One is to clarify the designation of nonimmigrant aliens who are subject to these rules. As we posted a few days, all the nonimmigrant categories are subject to these rules if they enter the country "with a visa." The rule exempts: aliens admitted on A-1, A-2, C-3 (except for attendants, servants or personal employees of accredited officials), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4, NATO-5 or NATO-6 visas, unless the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security jointly determine that a class of such aliens should be subject to the rule; children under the age of 14; persons over the age of 79; classes of aliens the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State jointly determine shall be exempt;
and an individual alien the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Director of Central Intelligence determines shall be exempt. For other details, please click here.
 
Re: canadians

Originally posted by tombaan
on t1 visa do they require to be finger printed?
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I'm not familiar with T status, if the passport visa waiver for Canadians extends to this status or not. If you need a visa stamp to enter, you will get fingerprinted.
 
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