Comments on: The Lucky Travelers http://peer-see.com/blog/the-lucky-travelers/2006/06/25/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:51:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Dana http://peer-see.com/blog/the-lucky-travelers/2006/06/25/#comment-134 Dana Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:48:45 +0000 http://peer-see.com/blog/?p=40#comment-134 Blog hopper here. That's a crying shame. My grandparents will never be able to see us in the US and our home here because the US consulate won't grant them the visa. They tried three times, with no luck. Now they are in their late 70s, and can't make the trip because of health. This pisses me off to no end. Blog hopper here. That’s a crying shame. My grandparents will never be able to see us in the US and our home here because the US consulate won’t grant them the visa. They tried three times, with no luck. Now they are in their late 70s, and can’t make the trip because of health. This pisses me off to no end.

]]> By: www.zhonghuarising http://peer-see.com/blog/the-lucky-travelers/2006/06/25/#comment-126 www.zhonghuarising Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:55:40 +0000 http://peer-see.com/blog/?p=40#comment-126 That is a very sad story, I hope against hope that something good will happen soon. Immigration is such a hot topic right now that it seems anyone seeking a visa is immediately suspicious. That is a very sad story, I hope against hope that something good will happen soon. Immigration is such a hot topic right now that it seems anyone seeking a visa is immediately suspicious.

]]> By: molly http://peer-see.com/blog/the-lucky-travelers/2006/06/25/#comment-117 molly Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:58:41 +0000 http://peer-see.com/blog/?p=40#comment-117 Thats so sad! I wish her luck getting to the US. I doesnt bother me that she wants to visit. It wouldnt bother me if she stayed either! We need teachers too!! Thats so sad!
I wish her luck getting to the US.
I doesnt bother me that she wants to visit. It wouldnt bother me if she stayed either! We need teachers too!!

]]> By: Gena Marshall http://peer-see.com/blog/the-lucky-travelers/2006/06/25/#comment-112 Gena Marshall Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:33:37 +0000 http://peer-see.com/blog/?p=40#comment-112 US policies are insane, and not even well enough designed to prevent what they set out to avoid, be it terrorism or immigration. Here's a little story of our own. Will didn't notice that his passport had expired before he tried to fly to Ireland with me until we were at the airport. He couldn't leave the country on his expired US passort, so he decided to make the trip on his British passort. All was well until he tried to return to the US. As a Brit, without a resident visa or green card, the US wouldn't let him board a plane to get back home. He couldn't even enter as a British tourist! I had to leave him in London, where he worked his beaurocratic magic with the US Embassy and caught a plane back yesterday. The process is crazy even for nationals of countries from which we're not worried about mass immigration. Hopefully your friends will have some luck, but nothing's easy with the US these days. US policies are insane, and not even well enough designed to prevent what they set out to avoid, be it terrorism or immigration.

Here’s a little story of our own. Will didn’t notice that his passport had expired before he tried to fly to Ireland with me until we were at the airport. He couldn’t leave the country on his expired US passort, so he decided to make the trip on his British passort. All was well until he tried to return to the US. As a Brit, without a resident visa or green card, the US wouldn’t let him board a plane to get back home. He couldn’t even enter as a British tourist! I had to leave him in London, where he worked his beaurocratic magic with the US Embassy and caught a plane back yesterday.

The process is crazy even for nationals of countries from which we’re not worried about mass immigration.

Hopefully your friends will have some luck, but nothing’s easy with the US these days.

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