I have a passport and there is no height or weight information given in it.
But when I have traveled overseas the immigration officials scan the bar code
at the bottom of the picture page and a your personal information appears on
their screen. The height and weight information may appear there for them to
see.
It may be set up so that in the US the information appears in English units and
everywhere else in metric units and in the language of the country you are
entering. The passports are good for 10 years which can make the weight
information invalid as many people can change weight significantly in 10
years. Height information is more reliable.
Jerry
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From: John M. Steele <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 5:02:03 PM
Subject: [USMA:43659] Re: Metric personal data was Re: 24 hour time
Interesting. Has anyone ever insisted on giving metric height on either a US
Passport application or a state driver's license? If so, how did it go?
Congress seems unduly concerned with not forcing any citizen to go metric.
However, for those of us who have voluntarily gone metric, I'm not sure they
are equally concerned about accepting metric data from us or providing metric
data to us.
However, if metric is the preferred system of measurment in the United States
(ha-ha!) it would seem quite unnatural to force those of us who are metric to
use the non-preferred measurement system, wouldn't it.
(I must confess that in the past I have simply wanted the process to go
smoothly and not add delay to the slow, grinding pace of bureaucracy.)
--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Bill Hooper <hooperb...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I gave my height in centimetres and mass in kilograms, too,
> by the way. No problem!
>
> Bill Hooper
