Wish I could go

Post #209,778 by lister 6/3/05 12:08:54 PM Reply	Wish I could go But I've got a trip to Boston in August that'll suck back enough bucks out of my bank account. Maybe next summer if there's one. A party that is. We'd all have some serious issues at hand if there wasn't a summer next year. Out of curiousity since there's lots of you Yanks here, does anyone know if it's possible to have a record purged from the US customs/immigration system? I was barred entry one time back in 1997 or 1998 citing some stupid NAFTA work rule. (I was only going down to a sales office on my companies behalf to have a technical interview with someone for a new sysadmin job at the sales office. After a bad experience with our UK sysadmin we wanted to make sure we hired better.) I don't see why this goes on MY record and not my former company. While I can get into the USA still, I'm usually given the hairy eyeball which always makes me nervous that I'll be denied entry by some gungho fuckwit border agent after making a long drive to the border. I've tried looking through various US government customs/immigration websites but haven't had much luck and I'm dreading going through phone system hell to find out. lister
Post #209,779 by boxley 6/3/05 12:16:48 PM Reply	dont rock the boat once you are on the list its impossible to get off. Trying to get off will raise further interest. Canadian side isnt much better. Once had to drive from buffalo to detroit to get in your side. thanx, bill All tribal myths are true, for a given value of "true" Terry Pratchett [link\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/] Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 48 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #209,784 by lister 6/3/05 2:01:51 PM Reply	Gah! Damn bureaucratic nightmare! I remember reading about some program where you register with the US gov't and get a speedy pass through when crossing. I wonder if that might do the trick. I'm a nice white guy from Canada. The only danger I pose to is myself. lister
Post #209,781 by folkert 6/3/05 1:39:04 PM Reply	It is one of those: "Once you acquire membership, you are forever a Member" kind of things. No amount of beggin, pleading, swearing, threatening... well don't threaten them. But anyway, Do not raise the Iire of the Agent, nor the notice of the Agency. Seeing how the Department of Redundancy Department (otherwise know as the Department of Homeland Security) basically gets what ever it wants, and wide berth to do what it wants with those things it gets. Soooo Sorry, you need to be as Inconspicuous as possible going through customs/borders but not TO Inconspicuous, they'll hunt you down like the Dog they believe you are. Just remember my little occurence with DHS when I flew to New York's Laguardia from Detroit, a very humiliating experience, but if I didn't just give in, I wouldn't have gotten to New York. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* [image\|http://www.danasoft.com/vipersig.jpg\|\|\|\|]

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