From: Narbik Kocharians (narbikk@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Nov 22 2008 - 19:53:37 ARST
I still say that Australia is better than Pakistan in Cricket.
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Mohammad Zahid Saeed <mzsaeed@gmail.com>wrote:
> Good suggestion, but what if you have Pakistani Passport and you worked in
> UAE, you visited Saudi Arab and you went to Sri Lanka on Business trip from
> your company and you went to Lebanon for Cisco Training from UAE :):):):)
>
> Still I managed to get to US for my CCIE Lab exam, and when the Custom
> Officer asked me looking at my Pakistani Passport, why there is so much
> trouble in Pakistan, my answer was Pakistan has Nuclear weapons which US,
> Israel and India can not digest (No offence at all to anyone from these
> countries :)
>
> Yes and most interesting thing was question in the visa application form
> when I applied for US visit Visa, "Are you going there to get involved in
> some terrorist activities?" Yes/No :):):)
>
>
> I couldn't stop myself writing this message, usually I read but don't
> comment :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Mohammad Saeed
>
>
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> From: "Narbik Kocharians" <narbikk@gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 3:47 PM
> To: "Rich Collins" <nilsi2002@gmail.com>
> Cc: <sheherezada@gmail.com>; "Con Spathas" <ccie19226@googlemail.com>;
> "Cisco certification" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: US Customs/Immigration when traveling to US for Lab
>
> Guys all of these can be fixed by changing your passport, all you need
>> to do
>> is tell them that you lost your passport and have them issue a new one.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Rich Collins <nilsi2002@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm American and was born in the US but have seen way back in the
>>> early 90's. I had visited Pakistan as a tourist in the mid 80's for 6
>>> weeks. Anyway during any period of heightened airport security I
>>> would be always quizzed about that visa - questions such as whether I
>>> met anyone during that visit. I couldn't tell them that it was
>>> unbelievable the number of people I met and gotten to know at least
>>> fleetingly. That quizzing continued until that particular passport
>>> expired.
>>>
>>> -Rich
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 1:24 PM, <sheherezada@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > You will be fine, don't worry.
>>> >
>>> > However, I can't refrain telling the story of my first seeing an US
>>> > customs officer. The purpose of my visit was attending Cisco Live in
>>> > Orlando. Two years before I was working for IBM, and they sent me to
>>> > Pakistan for a week (actually, I volunteered, but this is another
>>> > story). When the officer saw my Pakistani business visa, he turned
>>> > white. After 22 hours travel time, the dialogue was like this: "What
>>> > is the purpose of your visit?" [blah blah blah Cisco conference]"
>>> > "What's your profession?" "Network engineer." "Did you say Chemical
>>> > engineer?"... After two more lines like this, he left he left his
>>> > desk, probably consulted his boss who probably told him that if I had
>>> > some paramilitary training in Pakistan, they would not have sent me to
>>> > the US two years after... Anyway, I was not allowed to stay not even
>>> > one more day past conference closure... Next time I was in the US, I
>>> > had no problem, but the officer still stared at my Pakistani visa
>>> > ("Oh, I see you visited Pakistan")...
>>> >
>>> > My point is that there is always a chance to meet an overzealous
>>> > brain-washed officer. You can't control this. It just happens all
>>> > over the planet.
>>> >
>>> > Good luck with your exam!
>>> >
>>> > Mihai
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Con Spathas <ccie19226@googlemail.com
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>> >> Gday,
>>> >>
>>> >> I've heard/read some horror stories of people being turned away at US
>>> >> Customs/Immigration due to incorrect paperwork etc.
>>> >>
>>> >> From what I understand I don't need a visa getting into the US on an
>>> >> Australian passport (which has the new-style data chip in it).
>>> >> However what do I tell them when I arrive? If I tell them I'm going
>>> there
>>> >> for a lab with Cisco - could that be implied that it's "work" related
>>> and
>>> >> subsequently require a visa of some kind?
>>> >>
>>> >> I suppose I'm trying to get a feel from folks who have traveled to the
>>> US to
>>> >> sit a lab and what they said to customs officials and wrote on their
>>> >> immigration card.
>>> >>
>>> >> To be honest I'm probably making a mountain out of an ant-hill re this
>>> but
>>> >> last thing I'd want is to get turned away and miss my chance at >>
>>> sitting
>>> the
>>> >> lab.
>>> >> My wife is tagging along as well - she has the same style passport.
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers,
>>> >> Con...
>>> >>
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