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Re:British man banned from US because of text to American gi... by teh_infallible on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @03:46AM (#19978845)
Something similar, though much less extreme happened to me. My Australian girlfriend got a year long visa to stay with me in the US. The immigration officer detained her for 3 hours, and eventually told her she could only stay for six months. (This was a long time ago, late 99s, so I can’t remember the justification or how he had the authority to alter a visa she had already been granted. He may have been lying.)

He himself wasn’t born in the US, a detail which really pissed me off at the time.

How can someone whose job is to check your visa have any power to alter it?

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Re:British man banned from US because of text to American gi... by golergka on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @04:26AM (#19979089)
> He himself wasn’t born in the US, a detail which really pissed me off at the time.

One thing that I constantly notice americans born in US don't understand about immigrants is that legal immigrants are one of the most anti-illegal immigration groups in the country. At least a lot of knowledge workers that got in through H1B or similar mechanisms are.

It makes perfect sense. I know a LOT of people who immigrated to US legally, and they see illegals as people who're trying to cheat at exactly the same rules that they have had to obey and spend a lot of resources and effort to do so.

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Re:British man banned from US because of text to American gi... by gcb0 on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @03:55AM (#19978917)
You very wrong on the assumptions.

The person with the rubber stamp issues you the I-94 in the USA. That is the ultimate say on how long you are allowed to stay. The visa is only one of the many things they consider.

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Re:British man banned from US because of text to American gi... by raverbashing on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @03:50AM (#19978884)
Welcome to the bureaucracies of immigration, usually duration of the visa != duration of the allowed stay

You can of course appeal (with various degrees of success and cost)

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