AP - Nearly 10,000 foreigners from states sponsoring terrorism have obtained permanent residency in the United States in the past seven years, congressional investigators say.



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Because God forbid we offend anyone. Oh and as long as as they can afford to pay the application costs and insure they have money to spend here their welcome.

Why worry about the border when the State Dept lets em in legally.

Originally Posted by 03USMC

Because God forbid we offend anyone. Oh and as long as as they can afford to pay the application costs and insure they have money to spend here their welcome.

Why worry about the border when the State Dept lets em in legally.

A US tourist visa costs USD 100

But it's not that simple in terms of getting it.
It depends on where you apply but if you want to get a tourist visa in South Korea and you are a South Korean citizen...
1) You must show evidence that you have a stable job.
2) You must show all your tax records for the past 12 months.
3) You must show that you have some kind of property or other reasons that would convince the immigration officer that you will return to South Korea.
That process will take over a year.

So it's not like you hand over a hundred bucks and bam you're set.
The funny thing is the stuff designed to keep terrorists out don't work for anything but keep out people who want to be lawful and get jobs and work in teh US

Originally Posted by phoenix80

A US tourist visa costs USD 100

Yeah. However when members of my family apply for tourist visas they have to jump thru hoops and prove that they have assets in their home country to return to or no dice. Seems a little skewed towards certain oil rich countries.......just sayin.

OOPS missed 13th's post sooo.........What he said.

Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

The funny thing is the stuff designed to keep terrorists out don't work for anything but keep out people who want to be lawful and get jobs and work in teh US

My experience ten years ago.

The US and Australia, had just implemented a new policy that citizens of our countries did not have to apply for tourist visas to visit one anther's countries. Several days after this was put in place I was due to join an Australian registered Mobil tanker in Philadelphia. I contacted the Mobil shipping agent in Australia and was told that I did not need a visa, as I was regarded as "in transit" as I crossed the US from Los Angeles.

On arrival at LA I was taken aside by Immigration and questioned on and off for an hour. It was made very apparent that I was under suspicion of trying to enter the US illegally and was in imminent danger of being locked up until I could be placed on the next aircraft to Australia. In the end I was told that I should have applied for a working visa and that I would have to pay a $100 fine.

It was quite obvious that they were not happy about letting me go, and if it were not for the fact that I said that my travel arrangements were made and paid for by Mobil Oil and that I was about to miss my connecting flight, I'm sure i would have been sent back.

Quite ridiculous when it was apparent that I was only in transit.