From: Atlanta CCIE (atlantaccie@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Nov 22 2008 - 20:42:51 ARST
lol @ narbik.
Australia just got whopped by indians who earlier got trashed by pakistan so
technically pakistan cricket owns aussie cricket LOL
let the flame war begin
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Narbik Kocharians <narbikk@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > 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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