Comments on: US visa-waiver program

By: fun stuff to do in idaho

fun stuff to do in idaho — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:08:12 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:32:56 +0000

I know that was a hassel, but I can promise you, Canada is MUCH worse! I am married to a Canadian, and travel up to Onatario often, I have no criminal background, have had nothing in crossing that I should not have, passport and all documents in order, and they have repeatedly brutalized me in crossing, and dispite keeping records and making complaints, MPs and Boredr agents and canada immigration do nothing about it. Canadian border agents are alowed absolute power, so before you complain about the US side, fix your own! I have about reached the conclussion we should shut down the boredr for Canadians, until they learn to be honest and show basic human respect themselves, they just seem to complain alot as a hobby or something.

By: Patriot

Patriot — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:13:29 +0000

Dear Sir:

You were not stripped searched for travel on a non signatory carrier. That is a LIE. That has not and is not and never will be port of the SOP. It must be rough flying on a private plane. It is a shame that you have fly with the rest of us peasants.

By: pankajkumar

pankajkumar — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:35:58 +0000

I have b1/b2 visa for u.s.a.and many time i traveled to u.s.a and this is my 6th trip to u.s.a. and they gave me 6th month visa for stay and after visa immigration they stopped me for chack the baggage and asked many many question and not only 1 officer but 5 to 6 officer arround me and asked many many question. realy i m tired about gave the answer but they no stopped. and they told me your 2nd last trip you stayed illeagle 8 month(this time i have 3 month visa) and (last trip) again i trip to u.s.a and styed 6th month .and those time i have no any problem. but i didnt understand at this time whats the problem and they banned me for 5 years to u.s.a.
i dont know why ?because my last 6th month trip before my 8th month trip. then my last trip no any problem with me then why this time they banned me why?and this time also first they gave me 6th month visa and after chack my baggage and banned me.
i went to u.s.a for business purpose and traveling also.then i asked some question what we do about for this problem .i traveled many countryes.
please help us and give me some advice for my future.they write u can take chance and try to u.s.a.consulate for prove your true story and take another visa
please help me and give me solution about 5 years banned..
THANKING YOU

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By: Jack @ The Tech Teapot

Jack @ The Tech Teapot — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:11:54 +0000

Ooops, I overstayed my Israeli tourist visa a few times (I was told to by an official) does that mean that getting into the States is going to be a royal pain in the butt? Oh well, I’m not planning on going there anyway.

By: Masterbard

Masterbard — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:00:58 +0000

4 years ago I requested a USA visa and I have never felt so humiliated in my life not only did they treat me like a piece of garbage but they thought I was going to move to their country to live there. why would I move there in the first place? I have everything I need in my third world country. I took proof that I was traveling for business purposes and that I had more than enough money to travel with. but that wasn’t enough for them they somehow wanted more. the US embassy representant treated me as if talking to a terrorist. plus they never give you an explination for rejecting your visa all they do is give you some pathetic paper that says close to nothing. F”"k U USA. I was going to make business with several companies there. fortunately I was well received in China and managed to make great business there. Good luck USA with your stupid policies and laws.

By: fp

fp — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:13:51 +0000

hey Mark,

i’m a fellow south african, without the benefit of an english passport - so on my 2 visits to the US i had to get visas via the US consolate in Cape Town.
the first time i travelled on my own and only managed to get a single entry visa. - that turned out to be a curse as i was delayed and interrogated at each american airport. i was “randomly” picked each time for body and hand luggage searches. notibly i was detained on JFK for 6 hours trying to convince officer O’Neil that Hartford, Connecticut (where i was heading) actually exists. (i think he finally opened google and did a quick search).

subsequently my wife and i went for a quick trip to the US. we had to get new visas (this time we managed to get 10 year multiple entry ones).
on arriving at Dulles, the immigration officer managed to find my expired single entry visa in my passport, but didn’t bother to ask me about it and didn’t bother to look further for a new visa. He ordered us to sit in a corner and wait for someone to interrogate us.

we waited for almost an hour. we thought we were going to miss our connecting flight. Then a badass border controll officer showed up, had one look through our passports, saw both my visas, stamped them and showed us the door.

i’ve a lot of hope for the US post the next election. i’d love to spend a lot more time there.

By: Graham

Graham — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:34:30 +0000

Sorry America has turned to such shit, many of us are trying to stop it but the majority always seems to be many steps behind, I hope that eventually Americaw will once again be home of the (relatively) free, but for now all I can do is talk and take action where I can, sorry again.

By: Chaos Motor

Chaos Motor — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:19:06 +0000

If we didn’t do everything we possibly can to ensure that everyone on Earth hates us now, we wouldn’t have to worry about terrorists. This is a problem WE created.