the couple are at fault. forgetting visas, is it a simple mistake. why they didn't realise somewhere on the way, and asked their friends in boston to keep it ready to be faxed upon their arrival here. its purely a matter of 'chalta hai', attitude which cannot be tolerated. it's not a matter of individual immigration official. its a matter of diplomatic norms between the 2 countries. will an indian be able to get away with such a thing in a us airport. as for the french man we need to check the diplomatic norms between france and india. at the same time, if a similar thing happened to a high handed politician or a minister, things would have been different. ha! ha! ha!.