Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Bryan]

[bacasper]

You give these guys too much credit.

The CIA and FBI can't even be sure if suspected terrorists, known to hav eentered the country, are still in the USA.

[crusher_of_heads]

Canada can-an acquaintance of mine, a bit of a dumbass, tried to collect Employment Insurance while in Korea teaching-not the best idea, but when you grow up in the New Brunswich culture of defeatism, whatcha gonna do?

[lastat06513]

If you're an American, DHS and the NSA always have dips on where you are in the world unless, as another poster mentioned, you leave the place and go somewhere without using your passport.......god forbid you go to a place like Pakistan, even with a passport and visa......


...........one of my classmates went there for some internship and upon arriving back in the US, she was grilled for 2 straight hours at JFK about where she was and who she met over there........it was very stressful for her..........

.........Even me---When I went through passport control, I was asked about my visas for Saudi Arabia (never used) and Kuwait and what I was doing there.....I provided him a copy of my contract for my former job in Kuwait (first time I ever had to show further proof of my trip.....) and he waved me through..........

[PeteJB]

They don't know where we are, they don't give a flying frack. They only ever access that information when they really want your ass. Even the tax and social security (and government arms, public sectors, etc etc..) people don't know a thing about where you are, unless you tell them specifically.

[RyanInKorea]

I did not read too many of the other posts, so apologies if I repeat anything.

When I came to Korea I was reminded by some relatives to 'register' at the Canadian Embassy when I arrived. Doing a quick search I found a spot saying if I wanted to be on a 'list' I could register where I was staying in Korea and for how long, lest anything happened here. This leads me to believe that, yes, when you enter into another country the government knows. They do not know why, where or for how long. Who knows how long it takes to update. If I travel to Japan for vacation does some computer back home show. CANADA--->KOREA (six months) ----> Japan (five days) ----> KOREA (four months) ----> Australia ( two weeks) ----> Korea, etc.

Who knows what's written there, but it has to be very minimal.

Meh,
Ryan

Edit: Two t's in written.

[Bingo]

True our embassies ask us to register, which suggests that they do not automatically know where we are. But if a branch of government (say ('collections') was interested in pursuing a particular individual, is it not possible that they would have access to your whereabouts by checking your passport activity.

[Lekker]

Register with your embassy for the hell of it.

[Bryan]

Passports don't really have your location on them. If someone looks at your passport, they can see that you went to "India," but where in that mess of over a billion people you actually were, they have no idea.

Plus, you're the only one who has your passport unless it gets stolen anyway. The government of Canada has no idea I got my visa stamped in Myanmar because they don't have my passport, I do. And they certainly don't have any integrated electronic tracking system with that dirt hole country.

[The Great Toad]

[fusionbarnone]

[WoBW]

[Gollywog]

Actually, it is a little known fact that the RFID chip in your passport can be tracked by GPS satellites. So, yes, they can tell where you are, to within one meter.

Provided you are carrying your passport.







(one of these days, I've got to figure out how to use the emoticons.)

[captain kirk]

That'll be a great help when I need emergency helicopter rescue launched from the nearest aircraft carrier when I'm accosted by, I dunno, puking kindergarten students.

Gollywog, don't stoop to using emoticons. You're better than that.

[ReeseDog]