Hello,
In 1995 I traveled to Japan for a week. I had with me my recently received Notice of Approval of my H1-B1 visa. I planned on getting my H1 visa stamped on my passport at the embassy in Tokyo while I was there. Unfortunately, there was a big demonstration against US military bases in front of the US embassy, after two US soldiers had raped a girl in Okinawa. The embassy was closed and I had to fly back without stamping the visa on my passport.
When I got to LAX, the INS inspector didn't let me in. Instead, I had to buy an airplane ticket to a non-neighboring country, spend the night in a detention center and fly out to Spain the morning after.
I finally had my visa stamped in Madrid and came back to the US without a problem.
No judge was involved, just two or three officers handling the situation.
My question is: is this considered a removal, an exclusion or a deportation, or none of the above? I need to know so I don't answer the wrong thing on my N-400.
Thanks for your time and thoughts!
In 1995 I traveled to Japan for a week. I had with me my recently received Notice of Approval of my H1-B1 visa. I planned on getting my H1 visa stamped on my passport at the embassy in Tokyo while I was there. Unfortunately, there was a big demonstration against US military bases in front of the US embassy, after two US soldiers had raped a girl in Okinawa. The embassy was closed and I had to fly back without stamping the visa on my passport.
When I got to LAX, the INS inspector didn't let me in. Instead, I had to buy an airplane ticket to a non-neighboring country, spend the night in a detention center and fly out to Spain the morning after.
I finally had my visa stamped in Madrid and came back to the US without a problem.
No judge was involved, just two or three officers handling the situation.
My question is: is this considered a removal, an exclusion or a deportation, or none of the above? I need to know so I don't answer the wrong thing on my N-400.
Thanks for your time and thoughts!