Ask HN: How do governments store immigration records?

Posted by aditya1rathore on Friday August 30, 2024 @10:42PM
from the ask-hn dept.

How are immigration records such as permanent residence grants and citizenship records stores by governments for redundancy?

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Re:Ask HN: How do governments store immigration records? by pestatije on Friday August 30, 2024 @11:21PM (#41406345)

in a db

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Re:Ask HN: How do governments store immigration records? by dave4420 on Saturday August 31, 2024 @01:18AM (#41406720)

I wouldn’t go assuming that they’re redundantly stored.

Do you have a particular government in mind?

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Re:Ask HN: How do governments store immigration records? by getwiththeprog on Saturday August 31, 2024 @08:30AM (#41408403)

On a hard drive array, backed up on tape.

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