Lost the plot: United States requires entry visa for foreigners who have previously traveled to Cuba

[Nevrknow]

On 9/21/2022 at 1:36 PM, Chibearsv said:

My assumption, naïve as it may be, was that countries are sharing their travel data electronically with each other, otherwise entry or not is just riding on a paper book and a rubber stamp.  Seems antiquated and idiotic to me as do must bureaucratic processes.

They share everything. Google 5 eyes countries. 👍

[Bijan]

On 9/21/2022 at 11:29 AM, Chibearsv said:

Setting aside my opinion of the policy, please tell me our port security isn't relying on a paper book with rubber stamps alone.  There must be some electronic record of travel that's associated with our passports.  I've never seen the agents leafing through the stamps section in my passport to determine where I've been previously...but I don't travel internationally more than once a year.  I find it hard to comprehend that simply replacing your passport book clears your travel record.  

Heading back to Canada today from the UK and I just noticed that they didn't bother to stamp our passports this time (Canada has smart/biometric passports now and you can more or less walk through).

So at least between North America and Western Europe, things aren't archaic anymore.