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RE:Even I went through a Similar Trauma
by Diwakar on Dec 21, 2006 05:12 AM

That is not fair.
The fair question to ask is, what would have happened if it was 2 ethnic Americans with kids born outside and the kids not having valid travel documents.
What would have happened is anybodys guess, but I think officials would have been more courteous and probably would have given more time to have their travel documents verified. Some how US citizens seem to have more rights in their country than Indians can come to expect. The problem is 2 fold though. We Indians do not get the attention we require because of our sheer numbers. I have experienced this at the Indian embassy in NYC as well. We have to stand in queues outside whereas an American can just walk in by showing their passport at their consulates while we are waiting in queues to get visas, even there. The numbers should not be an excuse for high handedness though, no matter what. As someone rightly pointed out, in this case officals were overzealous in handling the situation.

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