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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 29 2009, 03:33 AM (449 Views) | |
| Klaus | Mar 29 2009, 03:33 AM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I've just, for the zillionth time - but now online for the first time - filled out a form with questions that I am required to answer before I can enter the US (I'm going to Orlando and Boston in May). These questions include:
What good are these questions? In most cases, the answers cannot be verified anyway - has anyone ever answered "yes" to any of these questions? |
| Trifonov Fleisher Klaus Sokolov Zimmerman | |
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| jon-nyc | Mar 29 2009, 03:36 AM Post #2 |
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Cheers
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Did you pack your own bags? Were they out of your possession at any point? Did anyone give you anything to take on board the aircraft? |
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| Klaus | Mar 29 2009, 03:46 AM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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These are at least somewhat reasonable questions, but:
What kind of question is that? WTF!?? |
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| QuirtEvans | Mar 29 2009, 03:59 AM Post #4 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Here's the reason, as I understand it, Klaus. If you're in the U.S. legally, and then you commit a crime, you are entitled to the benefit of the U.S. legal system. If, however, you are not in the U.S. legally, you are deportable. And, if you've answered any question on the visa application untruthfully, you are not in the U.S. legally, and are therefore deportable. I think that's the purpose of the questions, anyway. |
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| Klaus | Mar 29 2009, 04:08 AM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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OK, but why then not just say "...and with this signature I certify that I do not intend to engage in crime or And what the heck does a term like "immoral activities" do in a legal document? |
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| 1hp | Mar 29 2009, 10:28 AM Post #6 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Oh, that's how they're keeping out foreign liberals.
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