Has anyone been denied entry into a country yet for destroying the RFID chip in your passport? These RFID chips are planted in pets, passports, and soon us. I was recently denied entry by Immigration/Customs of New Zealand apparently because they thought I was going to work in their country illegally, or at least that's what I guess. I was in jail for 2 days and with the flying time plus time zone change the nightmares of interrogation, searching through my journal, my wallet, my tampons, my pockets, even strip searched (bending over naked) while humiliated and tired, went on for 5 days there stuck in limbo of the Wellington Airport of NZ. At one point they wanted to take me to the local hospital to check my insides for drugs they were assuming i was trying to smuggle in simply because I had laxatives in my toiletries. How much power is too much power? Immigration and Customs are harsh and cruel and wield too much power. Period. As an extensive traveler of the world, I fully plan to take a stand against RFID chips because our liberties are taken away daily by democracies every single day. By the way, I'm an American. PJ, you're a pig. A conservative, free mason, reptilian pig. I've traveled 4 continents for over 10 years and I noticed yearly our liberties have been impeded upon. I'm not new to this game. In fact, I'm a backpacking consultant that encourages more Americans to go outside our pressure cooker of a state. You are the kind of people that I run from. I am America. Not you.
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I do not have an RFID chip in my passport, so it cannot be destroyed, but I think that you are using "my" and "your" when you are intending reference to a general number of travellers. I know that New Zealand does have strict rules on the importation of many items, and not least drugs. If you are suspected of carrying them, you would certainly be thoroughly searched, and the level of searching can get rather intimate. I believe that NZ Customs are not doing anything that Australia and the UK would not be doing, either. However, the search that you describe is based on a suspicion of attempted drug importation, and does not really have anything to do with the RFID chip in your (or my) passport, or democracy, for that matter.
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Not every country is like "America". If you're going to continue to be a globe trotter, you should learn the customs and adjust accordingly. If you don't feel like doing that, then stay in the States where you will only get anal probed when you choose to. OR when aliens abduct you. Whatever. EDIT: I'm sorry, I've got to edit my response. I'm an American too, and seeing this post helps me understand why so many people hate Americans. Geeze, get over yourself man. If you want to carry American custom and laws wherever you go, buy a pocket U.S. Constitution and see how far that gets you... telling everyone else what they shouuuuld be like. You know, like those preachers with tracks and mini bibles? Yeah... like that.
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well as person older than you appear to be and has also traveled and LIVED in more countries than most people can spell......you abide by the rules of THAT country, if you can not or will not then sucks to be you and you should stay at home and whinge about your rights from that place of safety............ There are many rules / laws that are here in the USA that quite frankly I think are odd, stupid or whatever BUT as I chose to be here then I abide by them, regardless of how I feel. It sounds like they pegged you for a mule and good chance that this will happen in the future in other countries, but hey slip into some of the far east countries and then let us all know about your RIGHTS.............so sure as shyt don't have any the last time I was there.
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you'd very likely be refused admission to any country that didn't require a visa. The US doesn't allow people without these chips to enter the US on Visa Waiver. And you might well be refused admission even if you had a visa as your passport would be damaged. at the very least, it would cause you significant delays in getting through airport immigration anywhere, including the US. everyone would wonder just what it was you were trying to hide and whether or not it was really your passport. You'd just ensure that every immigration officer you meet would have lots of questions and would spend a lot of quality time before deciding to admit you. it would be far simpler for them to just say no.
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You gave a nice little rant. Lets take it one issue at a time. 1) RFID chips. You do know almost every country now has these in their passports, right? That if you attempt to get into many countries with a passport that does not have one or have been damaged beyond use, then you will be refused entry. Can you guess what country started all this? The good ole U S of A. They decided this system was oh so much better to use...and to go along with it, had to have fancy expensive machines to read said chipped passports. The U S of A decided to refuse anyone who did not have this type of passport, and actually were turning people away. Other countries then decided turn about was fair play and now require Americans to have chipped passports. Oh it is just disgusting really. It was because of this, that things like having to have a passport to go to Mexico or Canada came about. If you don't like the RFID chip, then by all means fight it. You will however discover you are fighting a losing battle. You will be turned away from countless countries. It must be nice to have that kind of money to waste. 2) You were treated so badly because they were suspicious of you. The fact that your RFID chip was either missing or unreadable probably started the ball rolling. They don't really need a reason to single you out, other than they don't like how you look. I can tell you that this kind of experience is not isolated to NZ nor to American travelers. You would have probably gotten into the country if you had bent over backwards and was super nice and cooperated. Just from your attitude in your question, I seriously doubt you did anything other than give them grief. Go ahead, start your little RFID war. I doubt you will do anything other than waste time and money. Oh and just for the record, I happen to agree with you that "big brother" already has too many means to watch us. But getting a passport is so innocent it isn't funny. You asked for it, filled in the information, agreed to the terms. If you were so insulted to be carrying a chipped passport you should not have gotten one.
