I found my 32 year old passport with 25 year old visa stamps. A picture of some goofy youngster on it.
@peterquirk I didn't know that. Haven't been anywhere else in 25 years
@poemblaze You'd be amazed how efficient border crossing is now, using facial recognition. It just takes a minute to scan your passport and compare your photo with the embedded biometrics. I didn't have to speak to any immigration officials in Europe or in the U.S. during a recent trip to Sicily.
@peterquirk @poemblaze Having lived in Europe for 4 years 50 years ago I have no clue.. In fact, once I climbed the Alps in one country, got lost, ended up in another country I had no visa for and got officially smuggled through a 3rd country I had no visa for...
And when I was in Africa, there were no country boundaries. At one point, my tour guide took us on a special trail and after we got back, he pulled me aside and asked if I'd liked Uganda... a country I was explicitly not allowed to be!
@peterquirk @poemblaze Wow. When I was working, and traveling the globe a lot, that'd have been nearly impossible without stamps to remind me.
@poemblaze Sadly, visa stamps are going the way of the dodo. When you apply for citizenship or a security clearance, you have to list all the countries you've visited over the years, and when. Without visa stamps, it's increasingly difficult.