Flight Training in the U.S.A.

[AndyGB]

Having been refused entry at Orlando in June after being given wrong advice about visa's I can vouch for everything gonewest and the rest have said.

As well as loosing the flight money and having to now get a visa even if I want to take the kids to disneyworld, the most embarrasing bit was being photographed and fingerprinted by INS and then being escorted back to the plane, through the waiting passengers) by a guard who announced to the cabin crew (and any other passenger within earshot) that I was being returned and that I was not to be given my passport and other paperwork back until we had landed in Manchester.

At least I was able to proove I was not intentionally trying to get in without the documentation, so they went quite easy on me, firstly because I had announced to the INS person at the desk that I was there for flight training and secondly I had paper copies of all the emails I had received from the school, including the one which said I didn't need a visa because I was going to be doing less than a certain number of hours a week.

Having heard a girl in the next office being given the third degree after she tried to get back in with a dodgy visa I am glad I didn't try to bluff my way in. Also if you lie to them, you can get up to 5 years in jail if they decide they want to make an example of someone.