SAD CASE
Aug 18th 2009 | 7:08 am
#16
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,678
From: San Francisco Bay Area
Re: SAD CASE
These are my quick observations, hopefully not as long as the original script
He appeared to be “searching†for an American woman to marry for residency purposes.
He overstayed the VWP but his reasons don’t make sense. The death of his brother in the UK should not be a cause for him to remain in the US
He accused the POE officers of misrepresentation for saying that his intent was to remain n in the US, which is what he said it was [the inference that this automatically implied illegally was only his]
HE blames flying for worsening his poor health [flying was his choice]
He planned to fly to Canada with the intent of entering the US illegally
He accuses his landlord of levying outrageous charges ($1,000) for breaking his lease. This is standard contractual obligations.
He says “How can a country be so evil towards an innocent tourist?†he was NOT an innocent tourist.
His timeline [if written chronologically] doesn’t make sense. In his second letter to the ambassador dated 23rd Feb, he references the “hell†at San Francisco on Jan 30th. Yet between San Francisco and the letter, he had flown to Canada and back and being homeless for 7+weeks!!
The entire tomb is filled with self pity and rhetoric. While some of what he says may be true, more may appear true and some may be downright wrong, everyone who hits trouble with a bureaucratic power feels victimized.
“Our letters to the Queen and the Foreign Secretary have not been successful. The Queen has shown the utmost contempt for the safety and welfare of UK nationals abroad.†Seriously, WTF?!?
His actions of legally changing his name and his description of why he flew the route he did into Canada makes him very suspicious. “My fingers were
unusually dry and raw when I got to Pacific Highway. I was hoping that the roughness of my skin would throw off the fingerprint scans IF I had to go through this check.†This is the actions of someone who is convinced and planning on performing something illegal.
The madness and his continued illegal actions go on and on. I’ll read the rest later, but I hope you were sarcastic, as I have very little sympathy for this man and what he has gone through so far…
He appeared to be “searching†for an American woman to marry for residency purposes.
He overstayed the VWP but his reasons don’t make sense. The death of his brother in the UK should not be a cause for him to remain in the US
He accused the POE officers of misrepresentation for saying that his intent was to remain n in the US, which is what he said it was [the inference that this automatically implied illegally was only his]
HE blames flying for worsening his poor health [flying was his choice]
He planned to fly to Canada with the intent of entering the US illegally
He accuses his landlord of levying outrageous charges ($1,000) for breaking his lease. This is standard contractual obligations.
He says “How can a country be so evil towards an innocent tourist?†he was NOT an innocent tourist.
His timeline [if written chronologically] doesn’t make sense. In his second letter to the ambassador dated 23rd Feb, he references the “hell†at San Francisco on Jan 30th. Yet between San Francisco and the letter, he had flown to Canada and back and being homeless for 7+weeks!!
The entire tomb is filled with self pity and rhetoric. While some of what he says may be true, more may appear true and some may be downright wrong, everyone who hits trouble with a bureaucratic power feels victimized.
“Our letters to the Queen and the Foreign Secretary have not been successful. The Queen has shown the utmost contempt for the safety and welfare of UK nationals abroad.†Seriously, WTF?!?
His actions of legally changing his name and his description of why he flew the route he did into Canada makes him very suspicious. “My fingers were
unusually dry and raw when I got to Pacific Highway. I was hoping that the roughness of my skin would throw off the fingerprint scans IF I had to go through this check.†This is the actions of someone who is convinced and planning on performing something illegal.
The madness and his continued illegal actions go on and on. I’ll read the rest later, but I hope you were sarcastic, as I have very little sympathy for this man and what he has gone through so far…
Aug 18th 2009 | 7:58 am
#17
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 10,058
From: Milwaukie, Oregon
Re: SAD CASE
I like the second letter he sent the US Ambassador in London. He certainly knows how to make sure he gets no help at all.
Also cannot imagine two ICE officers and a deportee arriving at Heathrow and not being met, they certainly would have been in my day.
Also cannot imagine two ICE officers and a deportee arriving at Heathrow and not being met, they certainly would have been in my day.
Aug 18th 2009 | 8:01 am
#18
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 10,058
From: Milwaukie, Oregon
Re: SAD CASE
Best bit of that is that he changed his name legally in the UK before trying it, and by the sound of it tried to mess his finger tips up to fool the fingerprinting process at the border so they wouldn't discover his previous identity.
Aug 18th 2009 | 8:02 am
#19
L2, GC, Surrey, OH, TX!
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 6,365
From: Surrey to Dallas (via Ohio)!
Re: SAD CASE
the saddest part is i spent 15 minutes reading the short version of his tale - thats 15 mins I will never get back 
Aug 18th 2009 | 8:12 am
#20
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,678
From: San Francisco Bay Area
Re: SAD CASE
I also got the impression that he was on UK disability benefits but was trying to get a visa to work in the US. I guess he is unable to work in the UK but he is able to work in the US if he can get a visa.
Aug 18th 2009 | 8:38 am
#21
Sursum corda
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 38,860
From: Richmond Hill, GA USA
Re: SAD CASE
These are my quick observations, hopefully not as long as the original script
He appeared to be “searching†for an American woman to marry for residency purposes.
He overstayed the VWP but his reasons don’t make sense. The death of his brother in the UK should not be a cause for him to remain in the US
He accused the POE officers of misrepresentation for saying that his intent was to remain n in the US, which is what he said it was [the inference that this automatically implied illegally was only his]
HE blames flying for worsening his poor health [flying was his choice]
He planned to fly to Canada with the intent of entering the US illegally
He accuses his landlord of levying outrageous charges ($1,000) for breaking his lease. This is standard contractual obligations.
He says “How can a country be so evil towards an innocent tourist?†he was NOT an innocent tourist.
His timeline [if written chronologically] doesn’t make sense. In his second letter to the ambassador dated 23rd Feb, he references the “hell†at San Francisco on Jan 30th. Yet between San Francisco and the letter, he had flown to Canada and back and being homeless for 7+weeks!!
The entire tomb is filled with self pity and rhetoric. While some of what he says may be true, more may appear true and some may be downright wrong, everyone who hits trouble with a bureaucratic power feels victimized.
“Our letters to the Queen and the Foreign Secretary have not been successful. The Queen has shown the utmost contempt for the safety and welfare of UK nationals abroad.†Seriously, WTF?!?
His actions of legally changing his name and his description of why he flew the route he did into Canada makes him very suspicious. “My fingers were
unusually dry and raw when I got to Pacific Highway. I was hoping that the roughness of my skin would throw off the fingerprint scans IF I had to go through this check.†This is the actions of someone who is convinced and planning on performing something illegal.
The madness and his continued illegal actions go on and on. I’ll read the rest later, but I hope you were sarcastic, as I have very little sympathy for this man and what he has gone through so far…
He appeared to be “searching†for an American woman to marry for residency purposes.
He overstayed the VWP but his reasons don’t make sense. The death of his brother in the UK should not be a cause for him to remain in the US
He accused the POE officers of misrepresentation for saying that his intent was to remain n in the US, which is what he said it was [the inference that this automatically implied illegally was only his]
HE blames flying for worsening his poor health [flying was his choice]
He planned to fly to Canada with the intent of entering the US illegally
He accuses his landlord of levying outrageous charges ($1,000) for breaking his lease. This is standard contractual obligations.
He says “How can a country be so evil towards an innocent tourist?†he was NOT an innocent tourist.
His timeline [if written chronologically] doesn’t make sense. In his second letter to the ambassador dated 23rd Feb, he references the “hell†at San Francisco on Jan 30th. Yet between San Francisco and the letter, he had flown to Canada and back and being homeless for 7+weeks!!
The entire tomb is filled with self pity and rhetoric. While some of what he says may be true, more may appear true and some may be downright wrong, everyone who hits trouble with a bureaucratic power feels victimized.
“Our letters to the Queen and the Foreign Secretary have not been successful. The Queen has shown the utmost contempt for the safety and welfare of UK nationals abroad.†Seriously, WTF?!?
His actions of legally changing his name and his description of why he flew the route he did into Canada makes him very suspicious. “My fingers were
unusually dry and raw when I got to Pacific Highway. I was hoping that the roughness of my skin would throw off the fingerprint scans IF I had to go through this check.†This is the actions of someone who is convinced and planning on performing something illegal.
The madness and his continued illegal actions go on and on. I’ll read the rest later, but I hope you were sarcastic, as I have very little sympathy for this man and what he has gone through so far…
Aug 18th 2009 | 10:44 am
#23
Forum Regular
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 232
Re: SAD CASE
I spent ten days in the UK helping to clear my brother's dilapidated flat (a nightmare in itself) and cremating him.
Perhaps the matches wouldn't light?
Perhaps the matches wouldn't light?
Aug 18th 2009 | 3:52 pm
#24
Pedantic Moron
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 566
From: Hiding from the weather
Re: SAD CASE
Time to call the men in whote coats.
My favourite part was at the end, when his wife dumped him and started screwing another guy 3 months before he was detained for illegally crossing the Canadian border.
Aug 19th 2009 | 12:44 am
#25
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 5,270
From: Avon Lake, OH
Re: SAD CASE
I kind of agree. regardless of everything that happened to him in his opening statement he says that life in the UK was bad and he specifically went to a site that had a lot of American women on it to chat to because it was his intention to move the the US and live there. Then he says that the US embassy was in dereliction of duty when they refused an (assuming) B-2 because he didn't qualify for it. I can't help thinking that this should be a story of what can happen when people think they are entitled to live in the US and "will find a way to do it."
Aug 19th 2009 | 1:07 am
#26
Thread Starter
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 68,280
Re: SAD CASE
Damn ..you lot did better than me ... I gave up after 5 minutes of dross
Last edited by Ray; Aug 19th 2009 at 1:15 am.
Aug 19th 2009 | 1:13 am
#27
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Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 22
From: Denver Co
Re: SAD CASE
LOL he sounds like " unlucky alf " from the fast show what a whiney scouse numpty , glad he got turned over by his new missus 
love you long time 
Aug 19th 2009 | 2:20 am
#28
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 10,109
From: North Charleston,SC. born in Stockport,UK.
Re: SAD CASE
Sad, Sad little man!
Aug 19th 2009 | 4:22 am
#29
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 10,058
From: Milwaukie, Oregon
Re: SAD CASE
Don't know why he didn't just ask on here about how he could move to Florida to live.
He would have got the some treatment as he got from USCIS with a lot less effort and saved himself a lot of money.
He would have got the some treatment as he got from USCIS with a lot less effort and saved himself a lot of money.
