We are together now!

[mounir412 101]

congratulations

[geek and geekette 5]

Congratulations! Anyway you can enjoy the life together now. Customs in Chicago maybe is tougher for every foreigners. I heard immigration law in USA is different with other laws, which presums any immigrants to US are guilty, and immigrants have to prove that we are innocent, so just well prepared for this.

[Faithful2012 34]

Ying arrived at O'Hare yesterday! Interesting POE experience. Customs officer makes us wait 2 hours. He was much tougher on her than the Guangzhou interview. She had to wait a long time, and then the interview was over 10 minutes, maybe enen 15 (consulate interview was all of 5 minutes!). He asked her questions about my ex wife, and why we broke up, and during the interview asked her 3 different times about how we met, like he was trying to see if he could trip her up. She did get through, and we are together now, but I am very angry about the experience she was put through.

My comments - the time for the tough interview is at the consulate, before the foreign national has quit their job, sold off their house and possessions, said goodbye to everyone, and bought a plane ticket of over a thousand dollars, not at the POE. That is what the Consulate interview is for, to determine that the immigrant is on solid ground and truely qualifies, and the immigrant is warned not to quit job or make other arrangements until they get the visa, rightfully so. But after they have gone through the long visa process and all the checks they have gone through already, and they are approved and get the visa, for the Customs person to try to deny them entry at the POE is an extreme disservice to any immigrant. I think this part of the process is broken! Just my thoughts.

Anyway, thanks again to this wonderful site and all the wonderful, helpful people during the Visa Journey. I will still be using this great site for AOS advice, etc., so I'm not done yet.....

[unlockingsky 94]

Hmm... I might leave the voice recorder accidentally on during my wife's POE...

But

Congrats Steve !!!

I am still in china and will be back on 7th.

[InHisTime 110]

Thanks so much to everyone for the well wishes. Yes, the important thing is my love is here with me now. We have had two wonderful days together!

Yes, InHistime's comments are exactly correct. Ying noticed this one Customs guy was particularly tough, not just to her, but to everyone (a little too much with the Napoleon complex?). She said people even with tourist visas were being given tough time. She noticed on the plane (a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong), many of the Chinese were nervous, even man next to her with a business visa, because in China it is apparently well know that Chicago O'Hare is like this.

And yes, I am contemplating giveing some feedback for sure. I am thinking of calling the Customs office at O'Hare and asking who is in charge that I can send a feedback letter of our experience to.

Anyway, thanks so much to everyone for the congrats, and best wishes to everyone else on their Visa Journey!

Hi there, Steve! Yes, please do give feedback to them. I was also on Cathay Pacific flight from Hongkong. Exactly, there was one immigration officer assigned there who was very strict. A lot of immigrants and even tourists had to wait longer and he requested a security officer to accompany us to a small room for another wait and interrogation. It was not pleasant at all -- it made me so nervous. At that moment, I was thinking they should have denied my visa during the interview -- if they think I was fraud. He asked difficult and surprising questions, much tougher than the interview.

Anyway, enjoy now and congratulations!

[Tayri n Tudert 11]

[wilfon 30]

That is horrible to hear, especially after having to deal with everything during the entire lengthy process. I am sorry to hear that, we shouldn't be subjected to this type of treatment. I hope that you do write some sort of letter complaining of the unecessary treatment. I'm sure that can be very traumatic for some people, which may lead them to say something in error, which would then make the entire situation more difficult.

I hope my fiance or anyone else has to go through this. Good luck to you guys.

[Darnell 8,478]

stevo - basically the CBP doink tried to 'adjudicate' the case again.

That's not allowed.

You can complain, and ask that the complaint be put into the HR file of that employee.

[unlockingsky 94]

stevo - basically the CBP doink tried to 'adjudicate' the case again.

That's not allowed.

You can complain, and ask that the complaint be put into the HR file of that employee.

You can always threaten a civil service employee by suing them individually or class action. This ensures your complaint is on their HR file and would adversely effect their future career progression. Thus, leaving them to switch agency for better opportunities.

Your objective is not to win but ensure a scratch on his record.

Edited October 3, 2012 by unlockingsky

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