On 03/05/17 12:21, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 09:58:43AM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> I couldn't believe it when I saw this[1] but it is appearing in the >> news, > > It is one-sided information from someone asking for money, > repeated in the news. > >> an Australian, no evidence of a criminal record or anything, >> unable to enter Canada due to an outbreak of bureaucracy. > > All the "how hard we tried to follow the law" whining and "Stop one was > meant to be Canada!" story sounds less convincing when you consider that > after 6 months in the US they tried to cross the border 2 hours before > his stay in the US became illegal. >
Well, wouldn't that be a perfectly reasonable course of action? > If I understand the story correctly, he was (ab)using a tourist visa for > living in the US. > Did you see any source that states it was a tourist visa? How do you define "abusing" in the context of a visa? You can abuse a person, an animal or whatever, but a visa is just a creation of bureaucracy. > What did he answer if he was asked standard questions like > "Country of Residence" or "Occupation"? > > If he claimed to reside in the US even though his US visa doesn't > allow that, he admitted violating the terms of his US visa. > > If he claimed to reside in Australia even though the stamps in his > passport said otherwise, he was caught lying by the Canadians who > questioned him. > > - They "had set forth a plan that would bring us all over the western > Hemisphere for the [5 year] duration of his Visa". > - He had no right to do any paid work during these 5 years. > - US$ 8k seems to be a huge amount of money for them. > If the story they told the Canadians sounded as fishy as the story > in the fundraiser, I am not surprised about the refused entry. > >> I'm not suggesting anybody should give money to this cause, but it makes >> me wonder if Australians are having difficulties getting in, could some >> people from other parts of the world be facing trouble? >> ... > > s/Australians/Australians who (ab)use a tourist visa for living in the US/ > > The basic travel requirements for a tourist visa to Canada [1] include: > convince an immigration officer that you have ties — such as a job, > home, financial assets or family — that will take you back to your > home country > > That's the kind of basic requirements your Australian guy would not > be able to fulfill, but that shouldn't be a problem for the average > debconf participant. > Well anybody who is self employed, in the middle of changing jobs between now and DebConf, recently graduated or otherwise doesn't fit the definition of "normal" used by a bureaucrat could also have difficulty answering those questions. Regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
