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Another take on "Welcome to the U.S."
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:53:41 -0500
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 From: Please do not forward with identifying information.. I guess I'm not the only one sensitive about this. (If you won't post this on IP, could you at least forward to the person who sent in the last posted message? Tx.) A cautionary note to the person who posted this: "I will propose that all of our upcoming North American meetings be held in Canadian cities at our next Board meeting." This is not necessarily the best solution! As a foreign national in US academia who also requires a visa to Canada, I have had to stop going to meetings in Canada. I will go through the trouble of obtaining a US visa because this is where I work. But to put me through having to do this one more time is too much. Visa experiences are in general not pleasant, but the worst (read: most demeaning) experience I have EVER had was at the Canadian Embassy in NYC. I vowed not to bother with a trip to Canada again until the visa requirements are lifted for my country (as they had been for a while). I have since been invited to several meetings for talks in Canada and have each time declined the invitation. As for fingerprinting, AP reported that it would start on Jan 6th, but I came in before then and was fingerprinted at JFK. Mind you, there is absolutely no logic to fingerprinting those people who require visas but not all others. Those of us who come in with a visa have already been examined head-to-toe by US officials. In contrast, those who come in without a visa the US knows nothing about. So why not fingerprint those people? To be sure, I don't think anyone should be fingerprinted, but Icertainly see absolutely no logic behind current practices.
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