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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when i arrived at german border control, the guard seemed to know how long i was entitled to stay too quickly to have calculated from the previous date stamps in my passport so i assume there is some sort of local file that records whenever a passport crosses the border.

strangely, they seemed very confused last time because id arrived in france and left from germany – both in the common shengen visa zone – so i dont think all shengen countries share records.

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