VWP overstayers removed.
Jun 21st 2011, 5:27 am
#1
Septicity
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VWP overstayers removed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...a-blunder.html
Gawd knows what really happened as only the Daily Fail is reporting it at the moment, and their reporters are as thick as pig whatsit.
Gawd knows what really happened as only the Daily Fail is reporting it at the moment, and their reporters are as thick as pig whatsit.
Jun 21st 2011, 5:42 am
#2
Powder Maggot
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Re: VWP overstayers removed.
"The couple plan to lodge a complaint with the Foreign Office."
Awesome.
Awesome.
Jun 21st 2011, 7:17 am
#3
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Re: VWP overstayers removed.
Can't believe I'm actually agreeing with a Daily Fail commenter, something missing from this story. Armed police don't suddenly surround two nice Brits in Texas.
Jun 21st 2011, 12:45 pm
#4
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Re: VWP overstayers removed.
It sounds like they were picked up at a checkpoint, found to be overstays and ordered removed under the visa waiver program. The border patrol are armed and have trailers. That's probably the armed police they're talking about.
It's likely a felony for them to come to the US for the next 10 years unless they get special permission.
It's likely a felony for them to come to the US for the next 10 years unless they get special permission.
Jun 21st 2011, 3:19 pm
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Re: VWP overstayers removed.
A lesson for those who think they can pop into Canada for a day and get another 90 days. They played the system, and lost.
Jun 21st 2011, 3:43 pm
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Re: VWP overstayers removed.
I tried leaving a comment to explain why they likely wouldn't have gotten a B2 but couldn't be bothered to complete the registration on the next page.
Jun 21st 2011, 4:10 pm
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Re: VWP overstayers removed.
It sounds like they were picked up at a checkpoint, found to be overstays and ordered removed under the visa waiver program. The border patrol are armed and have trailers. That's probably the armed police they're talking about.
It's likely a felony for them to come to the US for the next 10 years unless they get special permission.
It's likely a felony for them to come to the US for the next 10 years unless they get special permission.
Last edited by Pookiedookie; Jun 21st 2011 at 4:12 pm.
Jun 21st 2011, 4:14 pm
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Re: VWP overstayers removed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...a-blunder.html
Gawd knows what really happened as only the Daily Fail is reporting it at the moment, and their reporters are as thick as pig whatsit.
Gawd knows what really happened as only the Daily Fail is reporting it at the moment, and their reporters are as thick as pig whatsit.
Excellent start to the day, thank you!
Jun 21st 2011, 7:16 pm
#13
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Re: VWP overstayers removed.
A couple hundred comments have suddenly appeared. Unsurprisingly falling into two main groups. There's the "so called special relationship" group then the "I wish the UK dealt with illegal swan eating foreigns like that" group.
Jun 21st 2011, 7:53 pm
#14
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Re: VWP overstayers removed.
Hmm, lot of people working the schadenfreude angle...
I wonder if their car was a rental? Why didn't they just deport them immediately?
I wouldn't wish incarceration in an American jail on anybody. Disease. Violence. No thanks.
Follow-up: Wow, there's some real FAIL in the comments section.
Hopping over to Canada in order to extend a US visa that is coming to an end is a common practice. On re-entry travellers apply for and are granted a new visa granting them a further three months. This couple did not do that and instead wrongly assumed it would be done automatically. Why they would think this escapes me. So from the moment they drove over the border back into the US they became illegal aliens. They were treated the same way as any other illegal aliens i.e. arrested, held in a detention centre for a number of weeks and then deported home. I fail to see the point of this story or why anyone should feel outraged on their behalf as they clearly failed to follow the current procedures and were punished as a consequence and ignorance can't be used as an excuse. I suspect when they lodge their complaint with the Foreign Office they will be told the same thing.
- Carlie , Bristol, 21/6/2011 5:40
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1PwURhnXV
I wonder if their car was a rental? Why didn't they just deport them immediately?
I wouldn't wish incarceration in an American jail on anybody. Disease. Violence. No thanks.
Follow-up: Wow, there's some real FAIL in the comments section.
Hopping over to Canada in order to extend a US visa that is coming to an end is a common practice. On re-entry travellers apply for and are granted a new visa granting them a further three months. This couple did not do that and instead wrongly assumed it would be done automatically. Why they would think this escapes me. So from the moment they drove over the border back into the US they became illegal aliens. They were treated the same way as any other illegal aliens i.e. arrested, held in a detention centre for a number of weeks and then deported home. I fail to see the point of this story or why anyone should feel outraged on their behalf as they clearly failed to follow the current procedures and were punished as a consequence and ignorance can't be used as an excuse. I suspect when they lodge their complaint with the Foreign Office they will be told the same thing.
- Carlie , Bristol, 21/6/2011 5:40
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1PwURhnXV
Last edited by Octang Frye; Jun 21st 2011 at 7:58 pm.
Jun 21st 2011, 7:59 pm
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Re: VWP overstayers removed.
Visa blunder? Just look at your passport... what's the date? You need to leave before that date.
How thick do you have to be
How thick do you have to be