.. Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Now I do not want to hear anyone ever again slag off on Thai immigration. Christ, even they wouldn't do this shit! And for fuck's sake, the gal had to get a visa (right?), so why did they issue it if they had a problem with her? Regards, SD ++++++++++++++++++++ Iceland complains about treatment of tourist Woman arrested at JFK for overstaying U.S. visa more than a decade earlier REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Iceland's government has asked the U.S. ambassador to explain the treatment of an Icelandic tourist who says she was held in shackles before being deported from the United States. The woman, Erla Osk Arnardottir Lillendahl, 33, was arrested Sunday when she arrived at JFK airport in New York because she had overstayed a U.S. visa more than 10 years earlier. Lillendahl, 33, had planned to shop and sightsee with friends, but endured instead what she has claimed was the most humiliating experience of her life. She contended she was interrogated at JFK airport for two days, during which she was not allowed to call relatives. She said she was denied food and drink for part of the time, and was photographed and fingerprinted. On Monday, Lillendahl claimed, her hands and feet were chained and she was moved to a prison in New Jersey, where she was kept in a cell, interrogated further and denied access to a phone. She was deported Tuesday, she told reporters and wrote on her Internet blog. On Thursday, Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir told U.S. Ambassador Carol van Voorst that the treatment of Lillendahl was unacceptable. "In a case such as this, there can be no reason to use shackles" Gisladottir said. "If a government makes a mistake, I think it is reasonable for it to apologize, like anyone else." Van Voorst has contacted the officials at JFK airport and asked them to provide a report on Lillendahl's case, Gisladottir said. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 "Erla Osk Arnardottir Lillendahl" such a name calls for troubles! no wonder she was interrogated 2 days at immigration as those guys needed 36 hours just to clarify pronounciation of the name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 I would like to see them try some of that shit with "Bjork" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidel Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 10 years ago the US was on the top of my list of places to visit. Now I don't know what it would take to make me go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 dont be put off my blips. yes this is a fucked up case but rest assured the usa is still a great place to visit. my recent trip found it as good as a tourist destination as i found it in 92' when i first went. US immigration is more friendly to the tourist than most places i've been too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Might be more to all this...wondering why she overstayed 10 years ago...and maybe INS didn't like all the answers etc...still, those guys tend to be assholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidel Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Well Phil, with my Pakistani visas, I might be in for a rough time. I think I'll wait until Ron Paul is elected president and the constitution is restored before visiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 just go to america and relax. americans are not the government or immigration. you'll go down well in boston i'm sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 "you'll go down "..is that nice in Boston? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 It's the dark and Arabic features those Icelanders are renowned for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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