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ProfessorGAC

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42. Makes Sense

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 11:13 AM

Sep 2017

I don't know if they still do it, but Australia used to make you show a return ticket if you were on a visa. (Business visa for sure, and IIRC, vacation visas too.)

They wouldn't let you in unless they knew you had a confirmed flight to go back home.

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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