While we are in the Era of wireless & seamless communication, i hope that the details of the Visa given to the young must be available online. This could have been instantly verified by the immigration officials. On the other hand a matter of discussion whether the same officials would have deported a much wanted criminal in the very next flight. I hope that they would have waited for clearance from the higher ups and further interrogations. Thereafter they would have taken this step of deportation. When one can find online the information of the visa what prevents the officials to look into that and take consideration. Remember they are doing this to Indians residing abroad and not to foreigners coming to India. It is pathetic that this the 2nd time an innocent young passenger is to put to policies that are nothing short of useless.
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by Sudhir Murdeshwar on Aug 11, 2007 02:48 PM Permalink
Balaji, try entering USA with a VISa which may an error of date or something else. You will be stripped, racially abused & sent back by the first available flight back to your good ol' INDIA.
Have seen plenty of Indian film personalities, humiliated, insulted at the US airports & non of them had the balls to counter argue.
What the Indian authorities have done is just right. Go by the rules, if one changes the passport, you are no longer an Indian natioanl, just another allien (term used in the US of A)
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by Maximus Decimus Meridius on Aug 11, 2007 02:27 PM Permalink
In the era of seamless communication, passport details can be verified online too... so why even bother carrying a passport? The visa was issued on a passport, and hence that passport must also be presented with the visa for authentication. The child is faultless - all the blame rests with the parents, who should have checked that if nothing else, they had all documents on them. Which idiot travels internationally and doesnt double check his or her travel documents?
