US Immigration on Tonight with Trevor McD

[hamish]

Can i ask if you saw the programme, i dont think i would take it very lightly if i were in there position.
Ipersonally have always been treated very well, but i agree with previous comments, "this needs looking at".<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Cruella DeVilla
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by ravtino
The program certainly made you think and I would imagine put a lot of people off going to the US, I will look at the security quite differently when I go - mind you I think they always look scarey, sometimes a smile would not go a miss! I can remenmber the first time we went out and the imigration was quite daunting and could have put us off for life!
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Disagree totally. As Rosie said millions of Brits/Europeans travel to the USA every year. I have been treated very well on my last few ocassions. Last trip we were shown to the front of a very long xray queue by an English born official. Other occasions I have had my hand shock and welcomed. You have to realise that it is not meant to be a friendly process entering the US, they are screening for potential terrorists. Best thing to do is just hand your passports over with the correctly filled in documents, be polite and do not argue with anything they say!!!!! They hold all the cards. No jokes, about explosives like some silly girl in Miami, she was detained for some time,served her right, none of it is a joking matter.

Strong opinion I know.






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[hamish]

Synopsis already posted in general chat forum.!!<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by flyrr100
I live here in Florida so I didn't see the show. Can anyone post a sonopsis here?
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[traceya89]

i was talking to some american tourists in stratford upon avon recently and they could not believe what i told them about this programme. i told them about the increased security on arrival in florida and coming out. i also told them about the new rules regarding visas etc and that anyone who had any conviction other than a speeding conviction had to travel to london for a visa prior to being allowed into the usa. sorry to say this but i am sure there are a lot of people in the usa who live there who have some convictions worse than a speeding ticket who are allowed to live there and yet english with a conviction for driving without due care and attention is not allowed entry in to the usa for a 2 week holiday. i am sure the us economy will suffer because of this rule. while i do believe they need to be extra vigilent for terrorists i do think this rule is a bit over the top and a lot of money will be lost because of people not booking their holidays to the usa. i am hoping there will be a lot of cheap flights to florida because of this.

[blott]

It might be worth mentioning that the rules about having to obtain a visa if you have been arrested or convicted of a crime for entry into the US have been in place for some years, long before the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

Those potential visitors in this category just have to apply for a visa and are not automatically denied entry into the US as all cases are considered on their merit. Most applicants with the type of one off minor offenses will be issued with a visa - they just can't use the visa waiver method of entry to the US.

To be fair, the UK also has similar rules for visitors or immigrants who have criminal convictions - check out the regulations for entry into the UK here http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/servlet/Fr...=1041606064820