I've had similar experiences with INS and the Border Patrol. There are asses in every organization, the INS seems to collect more than their fair share however.
larry At 03:18 AM 7/7/2003 +0000, Dana Tierney wrote: >Well, my answer is citizenship. But that is one if those things you hae to >weight personally; I however really want to vote in the next election. > >My residency interview was fairly cordial too. I think the people who make >those decisions may be a little better trained, or possibly I just got >lucky. Unfortunately some of their personnel are poorly screened and/or >poorly supervised and some agents indulge their prejudices. > >One agent had me drive from Potomac to BWI because, bottom line, he had >never heard of an I visa (dependent of foreign journalist -- my father was >the Washington correspondent for Southam newpapers). I had to take my four >year old brother and go right then, because, he said, I did not have a sort >of landing card which, it turned out, everyone *but* Canadians was required >to have. He then told me at great length, in front of a frightened four >year old boy, that he did not like Canadians and thought we had it too easy >and we should all be deported. He then had me walk over the "border' at the >airport. I was then readmitted with the proper paperwork, correcting the >agency's error, but this was not made clear to me or my brother until I was >already on the other side. > >We do need an INS; but its like, is it better to have a friendly cop who >gets the routine stuff done and goes on to real problems, or a hostile cop >who creates problems? What I describe above was solely a result of the INS' >lack of familiarity with its own visa regulations. > >Anyway. May the luck of the draw be nicer than that to us both this time. > >Dana > >Larry C. Lyons writes: > > > I remember all too well from my first set of interviews for > > residency. The interviewer was absolutely convinced that I was > > trying to scam the government, that is until she asked for > > documentary evidence that Wendy and I were married. Aside from the > > certificate that is. I had waited until my J-1 Foreign Researcher > > visa was about to expire and so was able to present to them a lot of > > documentation. When I gave the person 4 years of cancelled cheques, > > all here response was Oh, My. > > > > Needless to say there was no problems after that. I cannot say that > > about the guy a couple of cubicles down from my interview. They were > > giving him quite the 3rd degree about a couple of arrests. > > > > I've taken a few practice tests for the citizenship exam and have > > done fairly well on it. I really should complete the process this > > year - its a dilemma? $150 for the CFMX cert or the $250 (plus) for > > the citizenship... > > > > larry > > > > >ya, it's oral and more of an interview than a test, I gather. But they are > > >careful not to ask you questions with no correct answer, like "who has the > > >right to delare war?" Erm, are we talking high school civics or real life > > >here? The quesions are all and cut and dry, like, who is your senator or > > >what do the stars on the flag represent. > > > > > >fwiw I got 8 out of 9. I refuse to count that quesion about the rights of > > >aliens; none of the answers given is correct. I did get life libery > and the > > >pursuit of happiness wrong. > > > > > >Dana > > > > > >Larry C. Lyons writes: > > > > > >> Same here. Mind you 10 questions are nothing like the actual test. > > >> > > >> larry > > >> > > >> >http://www.rd.com/common/nav/index.jhtml?articleId=9526064 > > >> > > > >> >I got 10 out of 10. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
