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Originally Posted by mineistaken
Elaborate. You are denied and back in Indonesia now?
And the reason for your denial was Trump' speech?  |
No, not denied - I'm in Malaysia. Americans can visit Malaysia for up to 3 months without a visa, then must leave. Technically, you can leave for one day then return. Some call that a "visa run". They call it a "U-turn". If you are a hot Uzbekestan girl, they may detain you "guessing" that you're really working as a prostitute in KL.
As I'm not a hot Uzbekestan girl, I usually have no problem re-entering the country.
This time it was different. Trump's suggestion of temporarily putting a hold on Muslims entering the U.S. got big play over here. Guess what? Most Muslins didn't like it. So that may or may have not been a factor in the immigration officer's decision to fuck with me for 15 minutes, both of us knowing in the end, I was getting in. And I did.
Make no mistake. The biggest douchebag immigration officers I've ever encountered were at JFK in NYC. And that's their behavior to me - as an American citizen. It's usually a breeze at KLIA in Malaysia - you don't even have to fill out any paper forms and they usually great me nicely. Not this time. Maybe it was just a one-off.
And no - I don't blame Donald Trump.