what information is pulled up when immigration officers scan your passport photo page in airports when traveling internationally?

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Is it an entire database of your travel history and criminal record and how do immigration officers use it to determine if you can enter or leave a country? What red flags can pop up from your passport photo/bio page? Cheers!

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In US passports the chip and the machine readable zone on the photo page only have information already printed visible in your passport. I believe entering the US the scan will query your photo based on the passport number so they can look at you, the printed photo, and the queried photo on screen.

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