Charles Haynes [26/02/08 14:05 -0800]:
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Badri Natarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My point was only that it isn't that unusual even for democratic countries
to impose special immigration requirements on media.
As may be, but are all writers "media?" When asked she said she wrote
for her personal blog and was not employed as a writer, and still they
gave her a journalist visa.
Which has bitten at least one dude who thought to get in to speak at a US
security conference, from Germany. He put down "workshop instructor" or
something on his immigration form, got put on the next plane back. And
bitched about it on politech and /.. And then got all this pointed out to
him. Ditto bloggers who claim to be journalists.. they've got bitten by
this as well.
If there's something that looks like it is "independent work" and "may earn
money" in there you'll get a work visa. Or a drastically limited tourist
visa. It is kind of universal, this ..
Just tell Debbie to put "housewife" or something on her next application
like others say.
This is not a restriction on journalism. It is a restriction on working.
That's totally bizarre. Though I was amused by this sign in a Bangalore bank:
"No weapons are allowed inside the bank except for kripans by Sikhs."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haynes/871162228/
A small knife with a short blade, typically blunt and without an edge (it
is issued to sikh kids in a ceremony kind of like a bar mitzvah, so that'd
make sense). Same thing applies to inflight regulations.
