What the HELL?!

[Galateia 1]

Crossed the border Sunday at the Detroit Tunnel.

Was reassured MULTIPLE TIMES by the incompetent dipshit who processed my visa (his first ever K visa processing! yay!) and by the senior guys there that the entry stamp (with expiration date) on my I-94 WAS the work authorization. Over and over when I asked over and over they said yes, you can work on this, it's the right stamp.

Now I'm struggling through my EI application and reading the EI thread it says the stamp is supposed to say 'authorized to work until ____' and while I have two stamps, one on the visa and one on the stapled I-94, they are identical stamps that state what day I entered and when the visa and I-94 expire.

So Customs swore up and down that this would allow me to work for the duration of my visa (aka 90 days) but I do not see anything that says 'authorized to WORK' and I am once again having a spaz.

Sunday was a day of hell thanks to the complications of going through Windsor instead of just flying straight from Toronto, and if I went through all this (which stressed me out enough to be having some fun reccurring medical problems that have me in extreme pain, and they won't go away until I'm not stressed anymore) for nothing my head is going to pop off.

Sorry to be so negative, but I did not appreciate being grilled for 1.5 hrs by a goddamn stupid ### who knew less about the visa process than I did ("You can cross the border as many times as you want before the 90 days expires, but if you try after the 90 days is up, you will self-deport." UH SAY WHAT?! ONE TIME VISA CROSSING, YOU #######!) and having him insult my fiance's reasons for messaging me online and state that TWO YEARS was not long enough to get married, and grill me on why I broke up with my last boyfriend-- I did NOT appreciate being treated that way. It was totally unncessary and unforgivably rude.

Someone please help me out with the stamp question?

[shadtov 0]

Crossed the border Sunday at the Detroit Tunnel.

Was reassured MULTIPLE TIMES by the incompetent dipshit who processed my visa (his first ever K visa processing! yay!) and by the senior guys there that the entry stamp (with expiration date) on my I-94 WAS the work authorization. Over and over when I asked over and over they said yes, you can work on this, it's the right stamp.

Now I'm struggling through my EI application and reading the EI thread it says the stamp is supposed to say 'authorized to work until ____' and while I have two stamps, one on the visa and one on the stapled I-94, they are identical stamps that state what day I entered and when the visa and I-94 expire.

So Customs swore up and down that this would allow me to work for the duration of my visa (aka 90 days) but I do not see anything that says 'authorized to WORK' and I am once again having a spaz.

Sunday was a day of hell thanks to the complications of going through Windsor instead of just flying straight from Toronto, and if I went through all this (which stressed me out enough to be having some fun reccurring medical problems that have me in extreme pain, and they won't go away until I'm not stressed anymore) for nothing my head is going to pop off.

Sorry to be so negative, but I did not appreciate being grilled for 1.5 hrs by a goddamn stupid ### who knew less about the visa process than I did ("You can cross the border as many times as you want before the 90 days expires, but if you try after the 90 days is up, you will self-deport." UH SAY WHAT?! ONE TIME VISA CROSSING, YOU #######!) and having him insult my fiance's reasons for messaging me online and state that TWO YEARS was not long enough to get married, and grill me on why I broke up with my last boyfriend-- I did NOT appreciate being treated that way. It was totally unncessary and unforgivably rude.

Someone please help me out with the stamp question?

When my husband and I crossed the border in 2004, the officer wouldn't even take our k-1 packet. I told him that he needed to and he was incredibly mean and told us to just cross over. Obviously that was wrong so we went back to the border 3 days later and then went through the proper process. They treated our case as though we had just crossed that day for the first time. It sounds like it wouldn't be very convenient for you to go back to the POE. That worked for us, but I lived only 1.5 hrs from the border. Otherwise, I'm not sure what can be done.

Another time when we crossed with my mother-in-law, an official told us that my mother-in-law's one entry visitor's visa was a multiple entry visa (It was sooo not and luckily we knew that). The airport officers seem to know a lot more that than the border officers.

I'm sorry they were so horrible to you.

[Galateia 1]

When my husband and I crossed the border in 2004, the officer wouldn't even take our k-1 packet. I told him that he needed to and he was incredibly mean and told us to just cross over. Obviously that was wrong so we went back to the border 3 days later and then went through the proper process. They treated our case as though we had just crossed that day for the first time. It sounds like it wouldn't be very convenient for you to go back to the POE. That worked for us, but I lived only 1.5 hrs from the border. Otherwise, I'm not sure what can be done.

Another time when we crossed with my mother-in-law, an official told us that my mother-in-law's one entry visitor's visa was a multiple entry visa (It was sooo not and luckily we knew that). The airport officers seem to know a lot more that than the border officers.

I'm sorry they were so horrible to you.

Still, you should have seen his face when I answered his questions about why I broke up with my ex if it wasn't to be with my fiance :

Me, annoyed: "Because he was impotent from a porn addiction."

Customs guy: "Whuh? Er. Uh. Um. Er, I didn't know that could cause impotence."

Me, trying not to be smug at his expression: "Yeah well, you can when it's a psychological issue and he refused to go to therapy for it, so after 8 months, I was done. I waited until the end of the holidays so as not to be the jerk who dumped him on a special occasion. Know how when bad things happen on a memorable day you remember it every year?"

Customs guy, looking distinctly embarrassed: "Yeah, for sure."

Hmph. As far as I am concerned, it was the business of the Consular officer to validate my relationship and visa, not the customs dude who was supposed to activate my visa ALREADY APPROVED by his government.

I'm waiting for a call back from the EI person but who knows how long that will take ...

[MrsCat 6]

When my husband and I crossed the border in 2004, the officer wouldn't even take our k-1 packet. I told him that he needed to and he was incredibly mean and told us to just cross over. Obviously that was wrong so we went back to the border 3 days later and then went through the proper process. They treated our case as though we had just crossed that day for the first time. It sounds like it wouldn't be very convenient for you to go back to the POE. That worked for us, but I lived only 1.5 hrs from the border. Otherwise, I'm not sure what can be done.

Another time when we crossed with my mother-in-law, an official told us that my mother-in-law's one entry visitor's visa was a multiple entry visa (It was sooo not and luckily we knew that). The airport officers seem to know a lot more that than the border officers.

I'm sorry they were so horrible to you.

Still, you should have seen his face when I answered his questions about why I broke up with my ex if it wasn't to be with my fiance :

Me, annoyed: "Because he was impotent from a porn addiction."

Customs guy: "Whuh? Er. Uh. Um. Er, I didn't know that could cause impotence."

Me, trying not to be smug at his expression: "Yeah well, you can when it's a psychological issue and he refused to go to therapy for it, so after 8 months, I was done. I waited until the end of the holidays so as not to be the jerk who dumped him on a special occasion. Know how when bad things happen on a memorable day you remember it every year?"

Customs guy, looking distinctly embarrassed: "Yeah, for sure."

Hmph. As far as I am concerned, it was the business of the Consular officer to validate my relationship and visa, not the customs dude who was supposed to activate my visa ALREADY APPROVED by his government.

I'm waiting for a call back from the EI person but who knows how long that will take ...

Not to laugh at your situation, cause they are obvious tards you've dealt with, but that was funny.

[Galateia 1]

Still, you should have seen his face when I answered his questions about why I broke up with my ex if it wasn't to be with my fiance :

Me, annoyed: "Because he was impotent from a porn addiction."

Customs guy: "Whuh? Er. Uh. Um. Er, I didn't know that could cause impotence."

Me, trying not to be smug at his expression: "Yeah well, you can when it's a psychological issue and he refused to go to therapy for it, so after 8 months, I was done. I waited until the end of the holidays so as not to be the jerk who dumped him on a special occasion. Know how when bad things happen on a memorable day you remember it every year?"

Customs guy, looking distinctly embarrassed: "Yeah, for sure."

Not to laugh at your situation, cause they are obvious tards you've dealt with, but that was funny.

I hope he's sorry he asked.

Serves him right, eh?

[Texanadian 10]

Well look on the bright side. At least they told you you could work. When I crossed, I asked for the work stamp and they said nope. How can I work without the work stamp? You can't. You're gonna have to wait.

I wouldn't worry too much about the EI part. I myself have been told by EI that the I-94 card itself suffices for EI purposes even without the stamp.