visa withdrawn at u.s. border and sent back home

[llleeefffttt 0]

so if I apply for a new visa, do I really need a non immigrant waiver, if I present the case that it was a misunderstanding and I didn't knowingly lie on that application ? If I do need a waiver I heard it could take up to 2 month to get one, will I be able to have my passport to go to canada to do the travel and work program ?

I understand that right now it is going to be very unlikely to travel to the states, but I am thankful for all the kind help and informations from you!

[Boiler 45,693]

The Consulate will determine if you need a waiver.

Do not know about the Passport, I would tell them you need it and to hang on to it if you get that far.

[slider100 8]

Okay, the "paper" that they found in your baggage helps me understand the scenario much better. To the OP, you should know that "drug trafficking" is a big issue in the US and looking at the situations currently and the drug wars in Mexico, US has realized that one of the most efficient ways to curb this practice would be by strengthening the borders.

If they looked up their database and found some information regarding the "farm" that you were about to visit, that is not good news. Also, they might have suspected you that you might work illegally in the US during your stay.

I wish you Good Luck for your future tourist visa application.

KnR aka slider100

[Gemmie 142]

I agree with the above poster, the fact that you had a document stating that you were going to be on a 'work and travel program' is the first big no-no. You can't just go over as a tourist and then work. Secondly, the farm being a 'drug-growing-farm' didn't help your case. Thirdly, admitting that you've used in the past, AND that you lied about it on another document.... simply put, this has all snowballed into something that you might need a lawyer for (if you plan on entering the US again to travel and especially work). That's just my opinion.

[A and T 82]

Using illegal drugs is a big thing with immigration. People have been denied visas for it. Lying is a big thing. Even if you only admit a single use it throws huge road blocks to admission to the US. Right now even a family based petition would be an issue.

But in germany, at least amsterdam, smoking marijuana is legal. He should have just said yes he smoked in areas in which it was legal, but checked no, meaning he had no convictions

I would venture to guess the person that interviewed him was just an #######

[slider100 8]

On Travelling to the US before I became a permanent resident, there have been numerous accounts where I have heard that:

"Travelling to the US is a privilege, not a right!"

So, I think it all depends the way your present yourself at the POE and the manner in which you answer the CBP officer. If you or your behavior is suspicious, they will pound on you!

[milimelo 4,505]

OP may have gotten b visa by lying - one of the security/background questions on DS-160 is have you been drug abuser or addict? If you used drugs even once that's abuse.

You may have some explaining to do when you got for the B visa again.

[Boiler 45,693]

I have taken more Asprin than recommended, sounds like that I am in there as well.

Perhaps they should ask if you are not a drug abuser, would thin it down a bit.

[milimelo 4,505]

I have taken more Asprin than recommended, sounds like that I am in there as well.

Perhaps they should ask if you are not a drug abuser, would thin it down a bit.

I'd think you should know what drugs they are asking about and answer properly especially if you used them just a couple of weeks earlier...

[desert_fox 32]

Is there going to be a problem to get in this time ? (I have a clean record and no charges because of using drugs of any kind)

As far as I understood the officers it was not about that I've tried marijuana, but the fact that I lied about it in my application ... is this correct ?

I appreciate any help!

You told them what????????...

You wont be coming back.....If it is because you lied, that is misrepresentation which has a life time ban.\

Expect at least a 3 year wait after you go thru some kind of drug program,drug testing or what ever else the Consulolate wants.

Why did you apply for a visa in the first place...why not use your VWP option?

[leahandlucas 15]

Either you looked somewhat "stoned" as well when the POE did their first initial check of you, or you smelt of marijuana...theres more to this story that i feel has not been told.

Second of all...if you want to go to Canada,...then take a flight that avoids U.S. juristiction....such as Moscow-Vancouver or something like that.

Third of all...a "farm" thats been a drug-hub....well...right there i would want to ask myself what exactly are your/were your intentions....you who smoke pot, and the farm was also a pot growing place...

Which is why I said,...there's more to this story than what's been told.

But...thank God they caught you before you got yourself into more trouble. That's what they're there for...to catch people like you out.

Consult with a lawyer, see where it goes...but i dout you'll be getting into the U.S. anytime soon.

Im going to LOVE how the law will react with whats happening in California with trying to legalize marijuana and how it will affect federal law such as immigration

[Kathryn41 3,205]

One of the considerations about that list of Canadian farms taken from the OP by the border services is that Canada does have licensed cannabis farms, most of them growing hemp for the textile industry. The US government/border authorities often makes no differentiation between those growing cannabis hemp and those growing cannabis marijuana. Where I used to live in Ontario there was a licensed farm just north of me. They had to jump through all sorts of hoops to get their products and seeds accepted by the US for their textile industry and none-the-less, even with all of the licenses and approvals, the border authorities stopped the shipment at the border and confiscated it. There was a big court trial where the border services kept stating that the plant and seeds were marijuana. While they were cannabis, they were all the low THC cannabis that has virtually no interest for a drug user looking for a high. The Canadian government does also grow legal marijuana with the higher THC for medicinal distribution - again, highly licensed and highly controlled. I strongly suspect that the 'list' of marijuana farms that the OP presented was not for illegal high THC cannabis, but for the legal, low THC hemp production. As far the most in the US are concerned - especially border authorities - there is no difference (even though there is). There is no way an illegal marijuana operation will be participating in any 'work and travel' programme or be open for visitation. That is kind of the last thing they want, while the legal operations want visitation as a means of bolstering awareness and knowledge about hemp production.

http://www.cannabisculture.com/backissues/cc03/ccf.html

[amykathleen2005 441]

so if I apply for a new visa, do I really need a non immigrant waiver, if I present the case that it was a misunderstanding and I didn't knowingly lie on that application ? If I do need a waiver I heard it could take up to 2 month to get one, will I be able to have my passport to go to canada to do the travel and work program ?

I understand that right now it is going to be very unlikely to travel to the states, but I am thankful for all the kind help and informations from you!

But you DID knowingly lie on the application, you just stated that you lied so that you could get the visa.

[SuperDuper! 230]

In life we learn, that it IS possible to be too honest.

Sorry, but you told on yourself.

Hope you can get to the US someday. Life is good here!

[Darnell 8,478]

Hey everyone, I'm from Germany and tried to go to the us on a b2 visa. I flew to Seattle where i went through the immigration centre.

There I've been asked by an homeland security officer several question under oath, also if I ever smoked marijuana. I said yes I did, all in all three times in my life(the last time was not more than a week ago) (so it's not on a regular basis). Well since I wrote in my visa application that I've never tried marijuana they turned me down( visa got withdrawn) and sent me back to germany.

They also asked why I lied on my application! - I answered because I was afraid of not getting a visa.

Now I will aplly for a new visa. I will write in my application that I did smoke marijuana and when I have to explain why I lied on the application I will tell them because I was scared of not getting a visa.

Is there going to be a problem to get in this time ? (I have a clean record and no charges because of using drugs of any kind)

As far as I understood the officers it was not about that I've tried marijuana, but the fact that I lied about it in my application ... is this correct ?

I appreciate any help!

You need to 'prove up' that you smoke MJ in a country where it was legal to smoke MJ, IMO.

Work up that 'letter of attestation' soonish.

and Good Luck !

(Note to Kathryn- I'm really p|ssed, I've got a few thousand of hectares of land waiting to plant hemp, we want to make paper and cloth and rope in the USA)