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librechik

(30,956 posts) Mon Sep 25, 2017, 08:37 AM Sep 2017

My US citizen daughter was denied entry to the UK on Saturday. [View all]

Because

a) after many years of hard work she is currently unemployed (silly us--great time for a vacation, we
thought)

b) she is poor, only having a thousand dollars cash and her credit card--not a criminal, no criminal record. Of course we planned to send her more money, but she had no proof of that.

c) her Scottish boyfriend is also poor, only being employed full time as a hotel clerk, and

d) she made the mistake of saying they would like to marry and live together in the UK someday.

Apparently the last bit, saying she wanted to live in the UK someday, was the real closer.

Now my sad daughter has to come home humiliated and possibly even marked for life. Her intentions were good, she was so happy to go be with her friend of many years, her fiance. Will they ever let her in?

I am quite perplexed by this cruelty.

Any comments/suggestions?

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My US citizen daughter was denied entry to the UK on Saturday. [View all] librechik Sep 2017 OP

Is she possibly on a terror watchlist? Not Ruth Sep 2017 #1

Thanks for the good advice librechik Sep 2017 #4

I don't know how UK does it JustAnotherGen Sep 2017 #2

This sounds very strange leftynyc Sep 2017 #3

no, there is no criminal record or terror connections--no Arab surname, nothing librechik Sep 2017 #6

Oft times best not to give them to much info...only the minimum. brush Sep 2017 #51

I don't know the OPs situation KatyMan Sep 2017 #14

right you are! librechik Sep 2017 #18

Hopefully she's not flagged KatyMan Sep 2017 #21

thanks n/t librechik Sep 2017 #35

Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland for nice eastern European trip aikoaiko Sep 2017 #5

yeah,, but my daughter just wanted to visit her boyfriend in Glasgow librechik Sep 2017 #7

Oh. I see. It's a funky world we live in this days. Xenophobia is rampant almost everywhere. aikoaiko Sep 2017 #22

My daughter went through the same thing... CatMor Sep 2017 #8

Thank you, thank you! librechik Sep 2017 #9

Hopefully it will eventually work for your daughter... CatMor Sep 2017 #10

good to know-- librechik Sep 2017 #16

Nice to hear about your son... CatMor Sep 2017 #19

The resume primarily did your daughter in, as you are not to look for work on a Tourist Visa. nt TheBlackAdder Sep 2017 #17

Yes, the resume definitely did my daughter in... CatMor Sep 2017 #20

Questioning designed to catch those coming in as "tourists" but really planning on staying FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #11

A friend of mine recently returned from London blaze Sep 2017 #12

Whaaa? I travel there a lot, have never seen that mainer Sep 2017 #15

Yeah, he was pretty unsettled by it. Posted a screenshot to his FB page. blaze Sep 2017 #23

It's the Scottish boyfriend BainsBane Sep 2017 #13

Not that unusual Fiendish Thingy Sep 2017 #24

Thank you it's so helpful to know we aren't unique librechik Sep 2017 #36

This has been standard in many countries including the US for decades Lee-Lee Sep 2017 #25

thanks for the perspective, Lee-Lee librechik Sep 2017 #37

Makes Sense ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #42

You can't ever say you want to live there. You have to say you are on vacation. It is also SweetieD Sep 2017 #26

thanks, Sweetie. Of course you're right librechik Sep 2017 #38

Source for this on 7 day claim? metalbot Sep 2017 #63

Never, ever, ever talk at the border about how you want to stay in the country you're entering. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #27

+1 Especially in today's climate. grossproffit Sep 2017 #32

I hope I do not have that much trouble Doreen Sep 2017 #28

You will have that much trouble, so be prepared. DFW Sep 2017 #56

You're both "savvied up," obviously, a huge advantage. Hortensis Sep 2017 #59

I do not understand what you mean. Doreen Sep 2017 #61

Impossible to not be concerned, of course, but doing what you need to. Hortensis Sep 2017 #62

How they hell did they know she was unemployed? DK504 Sep 2017 #29

It appears that she told them. grossproffit Sep 2017 #31

It sounds like they were flagged for being too talkative/friendly. There must be a report, somewhere grossproffit Sep 2017 #30

Maybe this will help... SharonClark Sep 2017 #33

missed by a couple of generations, but thanks for the info, Sharon n/t librechik Sep 2017 #39

I was detained at the Canadian Border...British born HipChick Sep 2017 #34

That seems kind of obvious Spider Jerusalem Sep 2017 #40

yep, more or less--exactly n/t librechik Sep 2017 #46

Yeah my mother talked too much and said the wrong thing and they threw her ass back . Now your lunasun Sep 2017 #41

I'm a Brit married to a US citizen. Denzil_DC Sep 2017 #43

Thank you for the helpful post. DDC librechik Sep 2017 #44

She should be fine if she just applies for a visa before the next trip Kentonio Sep 2017 #52

Sorry, was that message intended for me, Denzil_DC Sep 2017 #64

You need sue Gothmog Sep 2017 #45

sue, Goth? librechik Sep 2017 #47

ICE Gothmog Sep 2017 #48

Pretty sure the British immigration folks GulfCoast66 Sep 2017 #49

gosh, there was never intent to violate the laws librechik Sep 2017 #50

I thought she told them they intended to live there GulfCoast66 Sep 2017 #55

no, she did--she just didn't know that was wrong. librechik Sep 2017 #57

did she have a local address in the UK where she would be staying? And how long before her passport DrDan Sep 2017 #53

Young women travelling alone get a lot of scrutiny from UK Border Force Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2017 #54

The last time I traveled to the UK, in the mid-80s, MineralMan Sep 2017 #58

Wow. nt Still Blue in PDX Sep 2017 #65

Happens here in Canada as well. Indicate you want to live here EllieBC Sep 2017 #60

This summer TuxedoKat Sep 2017 #66