first a little about me so you have some background information: I´m 23 years old, got my 10 year B1-B2 visa back in 2004. since then i travelled 3 times to NY to visit my boyfriend who is a permanent resident. Every time i entered the US they gave me 6 months and i satayed 5 months and a half, then i came back to my country and between 3 to 4 months i was back in the US.The third time i entered i faced a secondary inspection but they let me in and gave me 6 months again.
I spent 7 months at home and flew to Atlanta (cheaper tickets than to new york) and had a connecting flight to NY. I arrived at the airport at 6 am, took me from secondary inspection asked me the normal questions, told me to sit down, took me to a room where i was told i was being taped and listened so i had to tell the truth if not everything was going to be worse. there they said that their computers showed that i did some illegal work during my long stays, they tried to trick me into confessing that i worked, but as i NEVER worked i said no, they asked again not so politely and i said no again between tears. They said ok, took me back to the common room and said that my case would have to be revised by a supervisor. the officer came back some minutes later to tell me that i was being sent back to my country, he said that i was not facing any criminal charges because i told the truth, that i would not be banned from the us, that i would just be removed and my visa cancelled, that i could apply for another visa any time i wanted to do so. they let me do two phone calls and was sent again to the common room to wait.
During the waiting i asked the officer which was the best way to be with my boyfriend, i told him i knew that spouse´s visas are taking 5 years to process so the only way to get there was a B1-B2. He told me i should apply for he K-1 visa, to what i instantly replied that k-1´s were for american citizens not for permanent residents, he didn´t believe me so he called another officer and asked him if that was true, the officer said yes and he said to me "ohhh lady, you have been doing your homework!".
After that he took me a sworn statement, just rutine questions i supposed and around 1 o´clock a female officer took me to the back, made me put my hands over the wall and did the touching thing i don´t know the word in english. She took my bag, my jewelry my watch and my shoe laces and lock me in a cell. I was locked there until 8.15 pm, my plane was scheduled to leave at 8.40. an officer scorted me to the plane, gave my passport to the flight attendat. flew 10 hours back home, when i landed i got my passport back with my visa cancelled and some anotations in the front page of my passport.
As i´ve never seen my luggage since i checked it in in my country before flying to the US, i was sort of worried and i asked the officer more than one time about my luggage. He said it was going to be with me when i arrived home. At the airport my luggage wasn´t there, i was told they got a message that said it would be in the next flight, but who knows, i have to wait until tomorrow.
They treated my really bad until they decided to believe my story, which was the absolute truth.
my humble advice: fly through NY which seemed much more relaxed and used to tourists than Atlanta, in Atlanta they have interpreters and if you don´t speak english they wait for one that can assist you, in NY last time i entered i ended up translating for some guy who didn´t speak english because no interpreter showed up.
i´m sharing my story without any emotional connotations, but i´ve really been through hell and i think nobody should be treated that way.
my boyfriend called my embassy, some lawyers, he moved earth and sky to try to help me, but everybody told him there´s nothing nobody can do as i was entiteled neither to a hearing, nor to a lawyer.
i didn´t went to america to live the american dream, i went to live my own fairy tale, i harmed no one.
hope somebody find this helpful
I spent 7 months at home and flew to Atlanta (cheaper tickets than to new york) and had a connecting flight to NY. I arrived at the airport at 6 am, took me from secondary inspection asked me the normal questions, told me to sit down, took me to a room where i was told i was being taped and listened so i had to tell the truth if not everything was going to be worse. there they said that their computers showed that i did some illegal work during my long stays, they tried to trick me into confessing that i worked, but as i NEVER worked i said no, they asked again not so politely and i said no again between tears. They said ok, took me back to the common room and said that my case would have to be revised by a supervisor. the officer came back some minutes later to tell me that i was being sent back to my country, he said that i was not facing any criminal charges because i told the truth, that i would not be banned from the us, that i would just be removed and my visa cancelled, that i could apply for another visa any time i wanted to do so. they let me do two phone calls and was sent again to the common room to wait.
During the waiting i asked the officer which was the best way to be with my boyfriend, i told him i knew that spouse´s visas are taking 5 years to process so the only way to get there was a B1-B2. He told me i should apply for he K-1 visa, to what i instantly replied that k-1´s were for american citizens not for permanent residents, he didn´t believe me so he called another officer and asked him if that was true, the officer said yes and he said to me "ohhh lady, you have been doing your homework!".
After that he took me a sworn statement, just rutine questions i supposed and around 1 o´clock a female officer took me to the back, made me put my hands over the wall and did the touching thing i don´t know the word in english. She took my bag, my jewelry my watch and my shoe laces and lock me in a cell. I was locked there until 8.15 pm, my plane was scheduled to leave at 8.40. an officer scorted me to the plane, gave my passport to the flight attendat. flew 10 hours back home, when i landed i got my passport back with my visa cancelled and some anotations in the front page of my passport.
As i´ve never seen my luggage since i checked it in in my country before flying to the US, i was sort of worried and i asked the officer more than one time about my luggage. He said it was going to be with me when i arrived home. At the airport my luggage wasn´t there, i was told they got a message that said it would be in the next flight, but who knows, i have to wait until tomorrow.
They treated my really bad until they decided to believe my story, which was the absolute truth.
my humble advice: fly through NY which seemed much more relaxed and used to tourists than Atlanta, in Atlanta they have interpreters and if you don´t speak english they wait for one that can assist you, in NY last time i entered i ended up translating for some guy who didn´t speak english because no interpreter showed up.
i´m sharing my story without any emotional connotations, but i´ve really been through hell and i think nobody should be treated that way.
my boyfriend called my embassy, some lawyers, he moved earth and sky to try to help me, but everybody told him there´s nothing nobody can do as i was entiteled neither to a hearing, nor to a lawyer.
i didn´t went to america to live the american dream, i went to live my own fairy tale, i harmed no one.
hope somebody find this helpful
