Why are people taking pics of this guy?
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Yeah, not sure Iād want to take a picture of a serial killerā¦ 
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Itās likely your name is similar enough to a wanted criminal or someone who is banned from Taiwanā¦
A French/Vietnamnese serial killer that preyed on western backpackers in Asia. He was known as āThe Serpentā and unfortunately was released. My post was in dark humor , but itās probably a good thing passport controllers take their jobs seriously considering there are people like him out there somewhere. In that pic he looks pretty harmless, āA sweet , arty looking old guy.ā
Taiwan has had its fair share of āAmericaāsā most wanted hiding out. Thatās probably harder with biometrics.
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Killer local reference brah
Their facial expressions suggest he trumped.
Havenāt heard this expression in a long time.
He does look proud though.
With ARC/APRC and egate I canāt remember the last time I had to even show my passport to enter Taiwan. Itās probably been a decade or more. I canāt say that about any other country I enter, including my home country.
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I like to get a stamp so I havenāt registered for the egate.
Can be who you travel with?
Nineties I had a girlfriend from Northern Ireland, going on holiday was fine going out, returning to England she walked straight through, I was stopped every time questioned about various countries and cities I had visited over the years and why?
Worst one was after returning from USA, they held me for 3 hours.
Itās just you
Donāt feel bad I get the same treatment in South Korea and Hong Kong
In HK one time the guy looked twice in the black list until I told him Iām not on it
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They circled the word āsingleā for entrance on mine. They didnāt circle the passport of the people I was traveling with 
Not specifically Taiwan but every single time Iāve gone to the airport the sensors magically go off. I literally heard them describe me in the walkie talkie prior to it going off once. Beyond annoying.
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