It's not a security measure at all. It's strictly a matter of immigration law. Such laws make no distinction between brick layers and DJs. If you're going to play internationally, you pretty much have to follow the rules, because they WILL catch up with you eventually, and they usually get really upset if they realize you've been working in their country without a visa and getting away with it.
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:34 PM, [email protected]<[email protected]> wrote: > At least two of these examples were work visa related, if not all three. > Glasgow Airport is definitely getting more sussed about DJs from the US, > even ones who are currently residing in another EU country (like Mr Oldham) > - they rarely let anyone through who says they have "commercial samples" > (ie promos) or who say they are just in the country visiting friends these > days. It's pretty expensive to get a short term work visa so I imagine it's > partially a security measure and partially a handy way of increasing the > Customs and Excise departments budget > cheers > Jason >
