Detained at Customs

[Sarge2155 4,587]

4 minutes ago, African Zealot said:

Why this fixation on baggage? OP says she got three calls from CBP and is convinced it was CBP. Can we move on to more substantive advice instead of all this speculation and conjecture?

Yeah with each new post the intrigue builds and builds!😀

[Cathi 5,746]

I'm not convinced it was actually CBP that called.

[Family 3,988]

5 minutes ago, African Zealot said:

Why this fixation on baggage

Personally I think it’s a baggage boo boo , I certainly have had my luggage take trips without me , arrive before or after me on international flights….but some posters are convinced there is a plot twist and a mysterious  other companion on the flight….that had the courage to collect someone else’s luggage AND the gumption to go check it in independent of the ticket holder/ boarding pass..hmmm. 
 

OP, hold on to the saying “ Everything happens for a reason “ . 

[belinda63 3,038]

3 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

How would the luggage of a detained traveller be able to be picked up?  That makes no sense.  They would never separate the luggage from someone they intend to deport/deny admission to.

When my fiancé came through O'Hara years ago he was held in secondary for hours, missed his flight and had to spend the night in the airport (great welcome to America)

He said he saw his luggage while he was being detained and asked if he could go get it and bring it to where he was sitting and was told no. We never saw his luggage again. Did a lost luggage form, called, everything...it was never found.

[MMDG 106]

20 hours ago, Shelldb said:

My fiancé traveled on the 18th of May and currently he is being detained at the Chicago Border Protection. His visa has been canceled and they can’t fly him home because London will refuse him. I was advised to contact my Congressman, but I can’t get a hold of anyone after business hours. He is being held like a criminal and we don’t know what to do. He is still in the United States. I just want him here with me. Any suggestions would be helpful

I travelled through Heathrow I never needed a transit visa.

 

[Nat&Amy 623]

31 minutes ago, Cathi said:

I'm not convinced it was actually CBP that called.

Me neither. Anyone could call and say they are CBP, especially if the fiance traveled with someone else. No advice to OP comes to mind because of the countless inconsistencies of this case. An annotation of "Fake Marriage" on a K1 case? Baggage that gets to its destination without the traveler rechecking it? Former allegations of fraud? These are not immaterial details and I am having a hard time believing CBP would pull him aside to check his phone to start with. 

 

Having said that, and having nothing useful to contribute to this thread, I am signing off.

[Family 3,988]

32 minutes ago, Cathi said:

I'm not convinced it was actually CBP that called.

Hmm…a sophisticated caller impersonated CBP, not once, not twice but thrice!! …then re routed / intercepted OP’ s outgoing call to the airline to dupe her into believing he will be on a flight back to Nigeria….

 

In reality, OP is having a really rough time and blaming herself needlessly. She did nothing wrong to voice her misgivings…and even have a fight with her fellow. 

 

 

[Boiler 45,466]

5 minutes ago, MMDG said:

I travelled through Heathrow I never needed a transit visa.

 

Check if you need a UK visa:
Information based on your answers
You’ll need a visa to pass through the UK in transit (unless you’re exempt)
You should apply for a Direct Airside Transit visa if you arrive in the UK on a flight and leave again without passing through immigration control.

Exemptions
You do not need a visa if you have one of the following:

a visa for Canada, New Zealand, Australia or the USA (this can be used for travel to any country)
a permanent resident visa issued by Australia or New Zealand
a common format residence permit issued by an European Economic Area (EEA) country or Switzerland
a permanent resident card issued by Canada on or after 28 June 2002
a uniform format category D visa for entry into a country in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland
an Irish biometric visa (marked ‘BC’ or ‘BC BIVS’ in the ‘Remarks’ section)
a Schengen Approved Destination Scheme (ADS) group tourism visa where the holder is travelling to a Schengen country
a flight ticket from the Schengen area, if you can prove that you entered the Schengen area in the previous 30 days on the basis of a valid Schengen ADS visa
a valid USA I-551 Temporary Immigrant visa issued by the USA (a wet-ink stamp version will not be accepted)
a valid USA permanent residence card issued by the USA on or after 21 April 1998
an expired USA I-551 Permanent Residence card issued by the USA on or after 21 April 1998, with a valid I-797 letter authorising extension
a valid standalone US Immigration Form 155A/155B issued by the USA (attached to a sealed brown envelope)
All visas and residence permits must be valid.

 

So he was OK on the way to the US but not back to Nigeria

[Boiler 45,466]

Bearing in mind the earlier posts I assumed the OP had made her concerns felt to the relevant authorities.

 

That would have triggered the events.

 

Or there is something else really weird going on.

 

 

[Mike E 11,739]

5 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Bearing in mind the earlier posts I assumed the OP had made her concerns felt to the relevant authorities.

 

That would have triggered the events.

 

Or there is something else really weird going on.

 

 

Someone in DHS or DoS reading VJ would do it.  

[Family 3,988]

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Bearing in mind the earlier posts I assumed the OP had made her concerns felt to the relevant authorities.

Could you kindly merge the threads, and yes she was struggling with the decision to BLOCK his imminent arrival or give the fellow a chance on a trial Fiance basis without a rush to marriage. Her post got a whole lot of attention and engagement..

I was “ on the edge of my seat” asking her to tell us what her final decision was…and the next thing I know I was staring at the dirty carpet….for anyone following the Fairfax trial 

[Family 3,988]

4 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Someone in DHS or DoS reading VJ would do it.  

That thought NEVER crossed my mind. Are you serious or just speculating on the meaning of life….Monty Python style…

[Mike E 11,739]

1 minute ago, Family said:

That thought NEVER crossed my mind. Are you serious or just speculating on the meaning of life….Monty Python style…

Serious as a heart attack.
 

OP posts that OP thinks the fiancé is scamming and the next thing we know CBP is combing through his phone. I’m not a believer in coincidences.   

[Family 3,988]

22 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Someone in DHS or DoS reading VJ would do it.  

@Mike E you have put a thought/ possibility in my head that I will not be able to shake off…brrr

[PrinceChisom 39]

Something like this has happened before. The guy lied to his fiance he got a visa to visit her, he collected money from her claiming he could get a cheaper ticket from our local ticket dealers, he lied also about him boarding the plane and landing at the airport, also had one of his friends call to say he was detained at the airport and would be sent back home. She found out after she posted the supposed e visa and we told her "sorry, you've just been scammed"

 

That call never came from CBP, sorry! 

 

He probably thinks he can continue the process now without u. He's probably far away from the airport now 🥱

Edited May 22, 2022 by PrinceChisom