Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 02:50:01 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Funny, but true... Message-ID: <980615025001.ZM1002@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br> "Funny, but true..." (Jun 13, 4:59pm) References: <199806131959.QAA25251@roma.coe.ufrj.br>
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On Jun 13, 4:59pm, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote: > Subject: Funny, but true... > How to get an American Visa ? > > I noted that american people coming to Brasil do not understand > why they must get a visa. The reason is that the brasilian > foreign politics is to give foreigners the same treatment brasilians > receive in their country. Well, I want to take my vacations at > Disneyland (who said I'm too old for that ? :) ), and the United > States require a visa for me (Portuguese residing in Brazil) to enter > its territory. > > The most laughable thing is the form I was required to fill. > It is composed of some reasonable questions: Name, Address, > Documentation, etc., but also has these question (in portuguese, > the translation is mine): > > - Have you ever traded drugs or practiced prostitution ? > - Have ever tried to get into USA or help others to get into USA > using a false visa, or any other kind of fraud or false > information ? > - Do you intend to get into USA to practice export control violations, > subversive or terrorist activities, or with any ilegal objective ? > - Have you ever ordered, incited, helped or in any way practiced > persecution of any person because of his race, religion, nationality, > or politic beliefs, under the direct or indirect command of the > Nazi German Government or any Government allied with it ? > - Have you ever participated in a genocide ? > - Are you a member or representative of a terrorist organization ? > > Do these guys really expect some real terrorist or similar to > answer yes to any of these questions ??? > > Jonny, I am not an official of the US Government, but I would suspect that the answers to these questions would enhance the ability to prosecute those that enter the USA and commit various crimes. It would allow prosecution and deportations based on entery under false pretense. That document you have to fill out is probable done under oath and is thus a sworn deposition. Basically it means that your leagal rights while here can depend on how truthful the answers to those questions are. I am aware that Americans, citizens of the USA, are often not well liked by citizens of other countries, but, we are not all fools either. So if you think about the implications of answering those questions falsely, you may get a clearer picture of why they are there. Frank Jonny > > -- > Joao Carlos Mendes Luis M.Sc. Student > jonny@jonny.eng.br Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message >-- End of excerpt from Joao Carlos Mendes Luis To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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